CLIFFS NOTES ON UNCLE TOM’S CABIN

Unread/hardly read, 21cm x 13.5cm, 122 pages, by Mary Patterson Thornburg;  study guide to the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Contents:

·       Life and Background of the author: Early years and education;  Early writing and marriage;  Stowe’s masterpiece and other works

·       Introduction to the novel:  Introduction; A brief synopsis;  List of characters;  Character map

·       Critical commentaries, chapter by chapter

·       Character analyses:  Uncle Tom;  Eliza;  George Harris;  Simon Legree;  Augustine St Clare;  Topsy

·       Critical essays:  Themes in Uncle Tom’s Cabin;  A mosaic of movement and conflict;  The haunted cabin: Uncle Tom and the Gothic

·       CliffsNotes review:  Q&A;  Identify the quote;  Essay questions;  Practice projects

Published by Hungry Minds;  undated.

Condition:  Looks unread, with no inscriptions.  Pages tightly bound and in mint condition apart from four consecutive leaves with a tiny tear to the side (max 3mm) and associated creasing.

  Cover in mint condition apart from one very shallow spine crease;  shallow indentations where a price sticker has been removed;  a few minor indentations;  a small area of surface gloss lost from the front (max 1.7cm x 0.9cm) and back (max 2.2cm x 1.2cm);  a very shallow opening crease to the front, next to the spine;  very slight rubbing to some corners;  a shallow crease to the back (2cm), and a few very shallow dimples due to handling.