Synopses & Reviews
Cliffs Test Preparation Guides help students prepare for and improve their performance on standardized tests ACT Preparation Guide CBEST Preparation Guide CLAST Preparation Guide ELM Review GMAT Preparation Guide GRE Preparation Guide LSAT Preparation Guide MAT Preparation Guide MATH Review for Standardized Tests MSAT Preparation Guide Memory Power for Exams Police Officer Examination Preparation Guide Police Sergeant Examination Preparation Guide Police Management Examinations Preparation Guide Postal Examinations Preparation Guide Praxis I: PPST Preparation Guide Praxis II: NTE Core Battery Preparation Guide SAT Preparation Guide SAT II Writing Preparation Guide TASP Preparation Guide TOEFL Preparation Guide with 2 cassettes Advanced Practice for the TOEFL with 2 cassettes Verbal Review for Standardized Tests Writing Proficiency Examinations You Can Pass the GED Cliffs Quick Reviews help students in introductory college courses or Advanced Placement classes Algebra I Algebra II Anatomy & Physiology Basic Math and Pre-Algebra Biology Calculus Chemistry Differential Equations Economics Geometry Linear Algebra Microbiology Physics Statistics Trigonometry Cliffs Advanced Placement Preparation Guides help high school students taking Advanced Placement courses to earn college credit AP Biology AP Calculus AB AP Chemistry AP English Language & Composition AP English Literature & Composition AP United States History Cliffs Complete Study Editions are comprehensive study guides with complete text, running commentary and glossary Chaucer's Prologue Chaucer's Wife of Bath Hamlet Julius Caesar King Henry IV, Part I King Lear Macbeth The Merchant of Venice Othello Romeo and Juliet The Tempest Twelfth Night See inside back cover for listing of Cliffs Notes titles Registered trademarks include: GRE, MSAT, the Praxis Series, and TOEFL (Educational Testing Service): AP, Advanced Placement Program, and SAT (College Entrance Examination Board); GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Council); and LSAT (Law School Admission Council.) Uncle Tom's Cabin
Synopsis
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.
In CliffsNotes on Uncle Tom's Cabin,you discover Harriet Beecher Stowe's most memorable and socially relevant novel -- a book that, when published in 1852, galvanized public opinion against slavery in a way never seen before. The story follows the lives of two slaves: Eliza, who escapes slavery with her son, and Tom, who must endure humiliation, abuse, and torture inflicted by his owners.
This study guide takes you though Eliza and Tom's journeys by providing summaries and commentaries on each chapter of the novel. Critical essays give you insight into the major themes of the novel, as well as the novel's structure and Gothic elements. Other features that help you study include
- Character analyses of the main characters
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- A section on the life and background of Harriet Beecher Stowe
- A review section that tests your knowledge
- A ResourceCenterfull of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
Synopsis
More New and Revised Titles. The Best Just Got Better! Plus Glossary from Webster's New WorldDictionary Anthem Atlas Shrugged Beowulf Brave New World The Canterbury Tales The Catcher in the Rye The Contender The Crucible The Fountainhead Frankenstein The Grapes of Wrath Great Expectations The Great Gatsby Hamlet Heart of Darkness & The Secret Sharer Huckleberry Finn The Iliad Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Inherit the Wind Jane Eyre Julius Caesar The Killer Angels King Lear The Lord of the Flies Macbeth 1984 The Odyssey Oedipus Trilogy The Once and Future King Othello The Outsiders Pride and Prejudice The Red Badge of Courage Romeo and Juliet The Scarlet Letter A Separate Peace A Tale of Two Cities To Kill a Mockingbird Wuthering Heights See inside for the complete line-up of available CliffsNotes! Check Out the All-New CliffsNotes Guides To AOL®, iMac, eBay®, Windows®98, Investing, Creating Web Pages, and more! More Than Notes! CliffsCompleteCliffsTestPrepCliffsQuickReviewCliffsAPOver 300 CliffsNotes Available @ cliffsnotes.com Downloadable 24 hours a day Free daily e-mail newsletters Free tips, tricks, and trivia Free online CliffsNotes catalog Free self-assessment tools Freeware and shareware downloads
Table of Contents
Life and Background of the Author.
Introduction to the Novel.
Critical Commentaries.
Chapter I: In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity.
Chapters II and III: The Mother;
The Husband and Father.
Chapter IV: An Evening in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Chapters V-VII: Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners;
Discovery;
The Mother's Struggle.
Chapters VIII and IX: Eliza's Escape;
In Which It Appears That a Senator Is but a Man.
Chapter X: The Property Is Carried Off.
Chapters XI-XIV: In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind;
Select Incident of Lawful Trade;
The Quaker Settlement;
Evangeline.
Chapters XV and XVI: Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters;
Tom's Mistress and Her Opinions.
Chapter XVII: The Freeman's Defence.
Chapters XVIII-XXI: Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions;
Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions, Continued;
Topsy;
Kentuck.
Chapters XXII-XXV: "The Grass Withereth--The Flower Fadeth";
Henrique;
Foreshadowings;
The Little Evangelist.
Chapters XXVI-XXVIII: Death; "This Is the Last of Earth";
Reunion.
Chapters XXIX-XXXII: The Unprotected;
The Slave Warehouse;
The Middle Passage;
Dark Places.
Chapters XXXIII-XXXVI: Cassy;
The Quadroon's Story;
The Tokens;
Emmeline and Cassy.
Chapters XXXVII-XLI: Liberty;
The Victory;
The Stratagem;
The Martyr;
The Young Master.
Chapters XLII-XLV: An Authentic Ghost Story;
Results;
The Liberator;
Concluding Remarks.
Character Analyses.
Critical Essays.
CliffsNotes Review.
CliffsNotes Resource Center.
Index.