Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)
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Harriet Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, one of nine children of the distinguished Congregational minister and stern Calvinist, Lyman Beecher. Of her six brothers, five became ministers, one of whom, Henry Ward Beecher, was considered the finest pulpit orator of his day. In 1832 Harriet toon meer Beecher went with her family to Cincinnati, Ohio. There she taught in her sister's school and began publishing sketches and stories. In 1836 she married the Reverend Calvin E. Stowe, one of her father's assistants at the Lane Theological Seminary and a strong antislavery advocate. They lived in Cincinnati for 18 years, and six of her children were born there. The Stowes moved to Brunswick, Maine, in 1850, when Calvin Stowe became a professor at Bowdoin College. Long active in abolition causes and knowledgeable about the atrocities of slavery both from her reading and her years in Cincinnati, with its close proximity to the South, Stowe was finally impelled to take action with the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. By her own account, the idea of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) first came to her in a vision while she was sitting in church. Returning home, she sat down and wrote out the scene describing the death of Uncle Tom and was so inspired that she continued to write on scraps of grocer's brown paper after her own supply of writing paper gave out. She then wrote the book's earlier chapters. Serialized first in the National Era (1851--52), an important abolitionist journal with national circulation, Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in book form in March 1852. It was an immediate international bestseller; 10,000 copies were sold in less than a week, 300,000 within a year, and 3 million before the start of the Civil War. Family legend tells of President Abraham Lincoln (see Vol. 3) saying to Stowe when he met her in 1862: "So this is the little lady who made this big war?" Whether he did say it or not, we will never know, since Stowe left no written record of her interview with the president. But he would have been justified in saying it. Certainly, no other single book, apart from the Bible, has ever had any greater social impact on the United States, and for many years its enormous historical interest prevented many from seeing the book's genuine, if not always consistent, literary merit. The fame of the novel has also unfortunately overshadowed the fiction that Stowe wrote about her native New England: The Minister's Wooing (1859), Oldtown Folks (1869), Poganuc People (1878), and The Pearl of Orr's Island (1862), the novel that, according to Sarah Orne Jewett, began the local-color movement in New England. Here Stowe was writing about the world and its people closest and dearest to her, recording their customs, their legends, and their speech. As she said of one of these novels, "It is more to me than a story. It is my resume of the whole spirit and body of New England." (Bowker Author Biography) Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) remains one of the most influential writers in American history. Following the publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" she became an instant celebrity, speaking against slavery in the United States & Europe. (Publisher Provided) toon minder
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Werken van Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Three Novels: Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Minister's Wooing, Oldtown Folks (1982) 401 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded (1853) 119 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Compiled from Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe (1889) 40 exemplaren
Illustrated Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Emancipation Proclamation: With 120 Illustrations (2020) 13 exemplaren
"The Mayflower, Or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters Among the Descendants of the Pilgrims." (2016) 11 exemplaren
Delphi Complete Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe (Illustrated) (Series Four Book 13) (2014) 10 exemplaren
Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England (2006) 9 exemplaren
Uncle Tom's Cabin / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1993) 8 exemplaren
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Ignatius Critical Editions 7 exemplaren
Uncle Sam's emancipation : Earthly care, a heavenly discipline; and other sketches (1977) 4 exemplaren
The Greatest Christmas Stories & Poems in One Volume: 150 Tales, Poems & Carols (Illustrated): Silent Night, Ring Out… (2015) 3 exemplaren
The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Riverside Edition, Volume IX, in Two Volume, Volume I, Oldtown Folks and Sam… (1896) 2 exemplaren
The Education of Freedmen, part 2 2 exemplaren
Religious Studies Sketches and Poems: The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe Volume XV (2018) 2 exemplaren
The Two Altars; Or, Two Pictures in One 2 exemplaren
The Twelve Months. A New Year's Dream. 2 exemplaren
Mr. And Mrs. Woodbridge 2 exemplaren
Uncle Tom's cabin : or, Life among the lowly. With a sketch of the life of Josiah Henson, generally known as 2 exemplaren
The Ultimate Christmas Collection: 150+ authors & 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends 2 exemplaren
Tamás bátya kunyhója 2 exemplaren
Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children [Adapted from the Work of H.B. Stowe] (2013) — Orginal novel — 2 exemplaren
The Education of Freedmen, part 1 2 exemplaren
Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Huge collection. (40 Works) Includes Uncle Tom's Cabin, Sunny Memories of Foreign… (2007) 2 exemplaren
Our Charley, and what to do with him 2 exemplaren
A cabana do pai Tomás - Vol. 2 2 exemplaren
A cabana do pai Tomás - Vol. 1 2 exemplaren
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Volume II 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Volume I 1 exemplaar
Onkel Tooms stuga II 1 exemplaar
Onkel Toms stuga I 1 exemplaar
De profeet in de wildernis, of De vloek der slavernij : toneelen uit 't slavenleven in Noord-Amerika 1 exemplaar
Oldtown Folks I (Novels and Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fireside Edition - Volume VI) 1 exemplaar
How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown 1 exemplaar
Tom Brown's Schooldays, Uncle Tom's Cabin 1 exemplaar
Túp Lều Bác Tom 1 exemplaar
Tom dayının daxması (ingiliscə-azərbaycanca) 1 exemplaar
Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Dover Thrift Editions) (Edition (5th)) by Harriet Beecher Stowe [Paperback(2005£©] 1 exemplaar
Tales from Real Life 1 exemplaar
Uncle Toms Cabin the Story Which Led To 1 exemplaar
Cica Tomina koliba, klasici u stripu 1 exemplaar
La Cabina del Tio Tom - Coleccion Amistad vol. 6 1 exemplaar
Pink and White Tyranny (1871). By: Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe: Novel (Original Classics), Illustrated. (2017) 1 exemplaar
Onkel Tom 1 exemplaar
Knocking, Knocking 1 exemplaar
La cabaña del Tío Tom (Tomo II) 1 exemplaar
La case de l'oncle Tom 1 exemplaar
Chaloupka strýčka Toma 1 exemplaar
The Ghost in the Mill 1 exemplaar
WRITINGS OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 1 1 exemplaar
“The Seamstress” 1 exemplaar
WRITINGS OF HARRIET BEECHER STOWE II 1 exemplaar
Oldtown Folks And Sam Lawson Volume 1. The Writings Of Harriet Beecher Stowe Voume 9 (1896) 1 exemplaar
Pikku haltijoita 1 exemplaar
How to Live On Christ 1 exemplaar
The Fat Pirate 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, A Key to Ankle Tom’s Cabin 1 exemplaar
The Works: Harriet Beecher Stowe 1 exemplaar
LA CASE DE L'ONCLETOM 1 exemplaar
Onkel Toms Hütte Klassiker für Kinder 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom's Cabin Publisher: Bantam Classics 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 1 exemplaar
My Wife And I 1 exemplaar
Household Papers And Stories 1 exemplaar
Poganuc People 1 exemplaar
Dred Scott 1 exemplaar
Americans in Fiction Series Vol 70 (The Minister's Wooing By Harriet Beecher Stowe) (1968) 1 exemplaar
The minister's wedding 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Illustrated Edition. Complete in One Volume 1 exemplaar
The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe - Riverside Edition - Volume XVI: Stories and Sketches for the Young 1 exemplaar
The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe - Riverside Edition - Volume VI: The Pearl of Orr's Island (one volume) (1896) 1 exemplaar
House And Home Papers 1 exemplaar
Stowe Novels 1 exemplaar
The Story of Uncle Tom's Cabin - Specially Adapted for Scholastic Use (Junior Children's Library) (1852) 1 exemplaar
De slavernij 1 exemplaar
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Archive 1 exemplaar
Young Folk's Uncle Tom's cabin Adapted for Children. With Original illustrations by Ike Morgan 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom's Cabin, youth's companion edition 1 exemplaar
Mayflower And Miscellaneous Writings, The 1 exemplaar
Pink And White Tyranny 1 exemplaar
Our Famous Women 1 exemplaar
Regional Sketches New England And Florida 1 exemplaar
Uncle Toms Cabin or Life among the Lowly 1 exemplaar
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Men of Our Times Leading Patriots of The Day 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom's Cabin, adapted by Anne Terry White 1 exemplaar
The Big Book of Christmas: 140+ authors and 400+ novels, novellas, stories, poems & carols 1 exemplaar
Oldtown Folks (Mint Editions (Women Writers)) 1 exemplaar
Oldtown Folks II, and Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories (Novels and Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fireside… (1910) 1 exemplaar
Our Famous Women: Comprising the Lives and Deeds of American Women Who Have Distinguished Themselves 1 exemplaar
Religious studies : sketches and poems 1 exemplaar
Uncle Tom's Cabin - Vol. I 1 exemplaar
DRED / Stowe, Harriet Beecher. 2 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Beecher, Harriet Elizabeth
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Crowfield, Christopher
- Geboortedatum
- 1811-06-14
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1896-07-01
- Graflocatie
- Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, USA
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- Modern researchers now speculate that at the end of her life she was suffering from Alzheimer's disease
- Woonplaatsen
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Opleiding
- Hartford Female Seminary, Connecticut, USA
- Beroepen
- teacher
short story writer
abolitionist
novelist - Relaties
- Beecher, Lyman (father)
Beecher, Henry Ward (brother)
Beecher, Charles (brother)
Beecher, Edward (brother)
Hooker, Isabella Beecher (sister)
Beecher, Catharine Esther (sister) (toon alle 9)
Perkins, Frederic B. (nephew)
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (grand-niece)
Stowe, Charles Edward (son) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- The Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1910)
- Korte biografie
- Harriet Beecher of the remarkable Beecher clan attended the school for girls run by her sister Catharine. In 1836, she married Calvin Ellis Stowe, a professor of Biblical literature. To help support her growing family (she had 7 children), Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote short stories and ran a small school in her home. She was catapulted to fame and helped turn millions of people away from slavery with the publication of her instant bestseller Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1851. Upon meeting her in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln is alleged to have said, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!"Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. The book reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential for both her writings and her public stances and debates on social issues of the day.
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