One of the parties, however, when critically examined, did not seem, strictly speaking, to come under the species. He was a short, thick-set man, with coarse, commonplace features, and that swaggering air of pretension which marks a low man who is trying to elbow his way upward in the world. He was much over-dressed, in a gaudy vest of many colors, a blue neckerchief, bedropped gayly with yellow spots, and arranged with a flaunting tie, quite in keeping with the general air of the man.
His hands, large and coarse, were plentifully bedecked with rings; and he wore a heavy gold watch-chain, with a bundle of seals of portentous size, and a great variety of colors, attached to it,-which, in the ardor of conversation, he was in the habit of flourishing and jingling with evident satisfaction.
His conversation was in free and easy defiance of Murray's Grammar, and was garnished at convenient intervals with various profane expressions, which not even the desire to be graphic in our account shall induce us to transcribe. Page 1 of Be the first to comment Add. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Reviewer: emelye - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 27, Subject: Terrific reading of a classic book This is my first time "reading" Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Greenman's performance is truly first-rate. Melodrama ain't easy, and neither is political propaganda, and this reader gives the whole thing the emotional weight it deserves. Chapter 12 is a masterpiece. Now I can share with people that have never heard of the story or its overtones. Reviewer: mvsg17 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 17, Subject: Awesome Reader!!
Awesome reader, made the story super clear! Specially the different voices of the characters. Reviewer: Philippe Horak - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 7, Subject: An excellent recording Uncle Tom's Cabin, which appeared first in serial form in an abolitionist newspaper, The National Era, in , was written largely in Brunswick. In the story was published in book form in two volumes. The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in , which deeply distressed Harriet, was a factor in inspiring her to write Uncle Tom's Cabin.
This Act made it a crime for citizens of free states to give aid to runaway enslaved people. Uncle Tom's Cabin humanized slavery by telling the story of individuals and families.
Harriet portrayed the physical, sexual, and emotional abuse endured by enslaved people. When she created the character of Eliza, the slave mother, Harriet drew upon her own experiences. In Harriet's own son Charley died of cholera when he was only eighteen months old. While remembering Charley's death, Harriet thought about how terrible it would be for a slave mother to lose a child because the child was sold.
She wondered how a slave mother would feel, never knowing what happened to her own child. A highly recommended reading. Many thanks to Mr John Greenman for his excellent performance. Well read. Pleasent voice.
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