Beecher Harriet Stowe: 281 books

"La capanna dello zio Tom" è un romanzo anti-schiavista scritto dall’americana Harriet Beecher Stowe. Pubblicato nel 1852, in seguito ad un atto legislativo promulgato nel 1850 che decretava un dovere la denuncia degli schiavi fuggiti e la restituzione ai proprietari, il romanzo ebbe...

De hut van Oom Tom van Harriet Beecher Stowe is een van de bekendste boeken uit de canon van de Amerikaanse literatuur en een aanklacht tegen de slavernij. Het werd in 1852 gepubliceerd nadat het eerst tussen 1851 en 1852 als serie verscheen en beïnvloedde de heersende opvattingen over slavernij....

EXTRAIT: Quelle variété infinie de beautés dans la nature  ! Que d’espèces différentes dans la seule nature humaine  ! La fleur et l’activité de l’enfance, la fraîcheur et l’entier développement de la jeunesse, la dignité...

Harriet Beecher Stowe (Litchfield (Connecticut), 14 juni 1811 – Hartford (Connecticut), 1 juli 1896) was een Amerikaans abolitioniste en schrijfster. Met Uncle Tom's Cabin schreef ze in 1852 een sterk pleidooi voor de afschaffing van de slavernij. Tijdens haar leven schreef zij meer dan...

Harriet Beecher Stowe (Litchfield (Connecticut), 14 juni 1811 – Hartford (Connecticut), 1 juli 1896) was een Amerikaans abolitioniste en schrijfster. Met Uncle Tom's Cabin schreef ze in 1852 een sterk pleidooi voor de afschaffing van de slavernij. Tijdens haar leven schreef zij meer dan...

Abraham Lincoln ontving in 1862, ten tijde van de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog, een vrouwelijke gast op het Wiitte Huis. Hij begroette haar met de woorden: 'This is the little lady who wrote the book that started this big war.' De naam van die vrouw was Harriet Beecher Stowe, het boek waarop de president...

"The author was spending some weeks with a party of choice and very dear friends, on an excursion to southern Italy. Nothing could have been more fabulously and dreamily bright and beautiful than the whole time thus employed. Naples, Sorrento, Salerno, Pæstum, Pompeii, are names of enchantment...

In the summer of 1859, Mrs. Stowe made her third and last journey to Europe. During the summer, the whole family was abroad, save the youngest; but in the autumn Mr. Stowe and one of the daughters returned to America, leaving Mrs. Stowe with two daughters and a son to spend the winter in Italy. The residence...

In the summer of 1859, Mrs. Stowe made her third and last journey to Europe. During the summer, the whole family was abroad, save the youngest; but in the autumn Mr. Stowe and one of the daughters returned to America, leaving Mrs. Stowe with two daughters and a son to spend the winter in Italy. The...

Stowe was the daughter of a prominent preacher, and the sister of the famous minister Henry Ward Beecher. This 1877 anthology of original and classic Christian hymns, essays, and homilies is organized by holiday, presenting thoughts for Advent, Christmas, the Epiphany, Lent, Passion Week, Easter, and the Ascension.

Christmas is the most famous holiday of the year, and the word itself evokes images of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, lights, the baby Jesus, and, of course, presents. Instantly, well known Christmas carols ring in your ears, or maybe you even picture nutcrackers or Scrooge and Tiny Tim. Christmas...

The final of Stowe’s society novels, We and Our Neighbors is the sequel to My Wife and I. In the book, Stowe continues the heartwarming tale of Harry and Eva Henderson and their domestic ups and downs. Lighthearted in tone, the book reveals much about Stowe’s views of women and the primacy of their domestic roles.

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter or a poem speaks a thousand more... Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter or that of a poem. LIST OF POEMS: 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved...