There are many who can spread a story over twenty pages; but very few who can condense it into one.
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Volume II
c. 1852
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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"
