Uncle Tom's Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Uncle Tom is a high-minded, devoutly Christian black slave to a kind family, the Shelbys. But beset by financial difficulties, the Shelbys sell Tom to a slave trader. Young George Shelby promises to someday redeem him. The story relates Uncle Tom's trials, suffering, and religious fortitude.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity", as the first black hero in American fiction. It became an overnight sensation and remains a shocking, controversial, and powerful work, exposing the attitudes of white 19th-century society toward slavery and documenting, in heart-rending detail, the tragic breakup of black families.

Public Domain (P)2009 Blackstone Audio

Critic reviews

" Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most powerful and enduring work of art ever written about American slavery." (Alfred Kazin, American writer and award-winning literary critic)
"One of the greatest productions of the human mind." (Tolstoy)

Stunning multivoice reading

The variety and emotion of the reader's presentation captured my mind, my emotion, my heart and my imagination. I felt the darkness of the low points as well as the soaring high morality of the noble characters. Freedom-loving humanitarians are not fully educated until they have heard this classic.

Easy five stars

How am I just reading this. Such a great read. I’ll be buying the physical copy to add to my library.

The beginning of the end of slavery

A very moving story about the brutality of slavery that is credited with leading to the Civil War and emancipation. I struggled with the character of Uncle Tom though. I can see Uncle Tom symbolizing the failing to stand up to oppressors that he has come to be known for, but I also see a man of faith holding on to his pious beliefs struggling to live an honorable life. The author's impassioned call for action in the final chapter for the dismantling of the institution of slavery definitely foretold the pending tide of change that lead to the Civil War.

The Book That Made Queen Elizabeth Cry...

This is a work of historic significance, it should not have been forgotten , it should not have been band from schools. I find it shameful what was done back then.

Excellent Reader

Having read this book numerous times I wanted to find a reader worthy of the book. I was not disappointed!!!