Harriet Beecher Stowe (International) assertion Harriet Beecher Stowe i(A96462 works by) (birth name: Harriett Elizabeth Beecher)
Also writes as: Christopher Crowfield
This international person is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Born: Established: 14 Jun 1811 Connecticut,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Jul 1896 Connecticut,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
Gender: Female
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1 What Are the Sources of Beauty in Dress? (International) assertion Christopher Crowfield , 1868 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australasian , 8 August vol. 5 no. 123 (New Series) 1868; (p. 167) The Chimney-Corner 1868; (p. 235-258)
1 Woman's Sphere (International) assertion Christopher Crowfield , 1868 single work single work prose
— Appears in: The Chimney-Corner 1868; (p. 27-62) The Australasian , 11 July vol. 5 no. 119 (New Series) 1868; (p. 39)
1 y separately published work icon The Chimney-Corner (International) assertion Christopher Crowfield , 1865 Boston : Ticknor and Fields , 1868 8000321 1865 selected work single work prose
1 y separately published work icon Uncle Tom's Cabin (International) assertion Harriet Beecher Stowe , 1851 United States of America (USA) : John P. Jewett & Company , 1852 Z1282690 1851 single work novel

Focusing on the issue of slavery through the main character, Uncle Tom, a long-suffering Afro-American slave, Beecher Stowe's novel dramatises the harsh conditions he and his like were forced to suffer.

The work's popularity saw it dramatised and burlesqued around the world for many decades after it first appeared in the National Era - as a 40-week serialisation. It was particularly favoured by blackface minstrel companies. Adaptations were also frequently staged in Australia during the second half of the 1800s. These included productions by Alfred Dampier, John F. Sheridan and Lance Lenton , with the latter version burlesuqed as Uncle Tom's Cabin Repainted (1886). The story was still being used on the Australia musical theatre stage well into the second decade of the twentieth century. See, for example, an anonymous adaptation from 1914 (Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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