Took me a long time, 28 years, to pick up this novel. I can immediately grasp why this is held aloft as a time honored classic. The poignance of the characters as the plot is, in most cases, thrust upon them, is unmistakable. I loved so much about this book. I loved how much I hated Marie St. Clare. I loved how truly stalwart and steady Tom remained through it all. I loved how Stowe stopped to pull punches without truly pulling them. We may have gotten the 'decent version' of many of the atrocities associated with slavery but we certainly didn't miss the allusions to such terrific crimes that one cannot help but scoff at the morality of just over 100 years past.
Tragedy strikes quick and often and really leads the reader to believe that this was either a constant fear or a constant reality for those of the 'lower race'.
What may have started out as a series of pamphlets to raise awareness, verily conveyed the sentiments of an entire demographic during a tumultuous moral battle in our, then, fledgling country.
I would read more Stowe and I would recommend this novel to anyone.
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