Uncle Tom's Cabin
- 474
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Film 1914 +6
- On screen
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Our view
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is an anti-slavery novel written to move its readers, with a secure place in American history. Published in 1852, it profoundly changed attitudes in the United States. Some readers judge it more effective as persuasion than as literature: sentimental, melodramatic, with characters of little depth and an ending tied up neatly. It suits those curious about how a story can serve a cause.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the American Civil War".
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 7 times — from 1903 to 1987.
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Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 241 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 21 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 220 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
It has 474 pages — longer than 86% of the ranked books in Classics.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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The same shelf — Classics — and a score of 7.4, the closest to this book.
