Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe by StoweAuthor: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Nov 17, 2018

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This file is a Project Gutenberg index page for the works of Harriet Beecher Stowe; it is not a literary work itself but a key into her body of work. Its value lies in systematically gathering the English works of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin available on the Gutenberg platform, letting readers follow the map and sparing them the trouble of searching one by one. For readers studying nineteenth-century American abolitionist literature, women's writing, or wishing to read through Stowe's works, this index provides a clear list of works and clues to their sources. It is typically used for bibliographic searching, edition comparison, or organizing e-book resources—suitable as a reference tool to consult casually rather than to read from beginning to end. Note that the index consists mainly of English entries and contains neither the full texts nor detailed summaries; readers should treat it as a catalogue, not an anthology.

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About the author

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Author

Harriet Beecher Stowe (Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896) was an American author. The library holds 42 of her works; her best-known book is Uncle Tom's Cabin, which circulated widely in many foreign-language editions, including the German Onkel Tom's Hütte, the French La case de l'oncle Tom, the Dutch De Negerhut and the Danish Onkel Toms Hytte. Her other works include Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, The Minister's Wooing and American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science, a study of domestic life and household science. Her writing often addresses social questions such as slavery, religion and family life, expressing moral concern through vivid characters and plots; it had a lasting influence on nineteenth-century American literature and the abolitionist movement. Public information on the details of her life is limited, so none are conjectured here.