Uncle Tom's Cabin

Cliffnotes always help you get more out of the novel, but "krazy316," I can't believe you! How dare you abuse cliffnotes! The purpose of cliffnotes is to better understand what you have READ, not a cheap way to get out of reading good literature. Anyway, cliffnotes is a great way to broaden your "knowledge" horizon. It explains who characters are, their relationships with one another, and the basic plot of each chapter. It's very helpful.

Even though long before I had a bachelor's degree, let alone did graduate work on Stowe, I was recognized as an authoritative writer on issues of African American politics and history, I used these Cliff notes when I studied Uncle Tom in graduate school. Uncle Tom is designed to be read as the sentimental and womens novel of the mid-19th Century it is were meant to be read, to be read in a torrent, in as close to one sitting, to be read to produce the torrent of emotions that it is meant to unleash. A 46-year-old African American political with long experience in real danger in political struggle, I wept when Uncle Tom died in this book, even though I was reading it for graduate school. Using the cliff notes for this book allows you to read this properly as Stowe meant it to be, as her contemporaries meant it to be read, but to keep up with the details of all the characters and plot devices that literally range all over the United States with implications and discussions going around the globe. I would also urge you to consult Eric J. Sundquist's book New Essays on Uncle Tom's Cabin (The American Novel) and Jane Tompkin's Sensational Designs. You can find an easy way to get to them by cliquing the see my reviews link next to my name.

This book helped me pass my test with 100. I didn't even read the actual book "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The CliffsNotes version was enough. The book gives you character analyses and a background of the author in addition to a plot summary by chapter groups. I highly recommend this book if you don't want to read the actual novel.