hArriEtBEEChEr stowE wAs rAisED in A puritAn trADition oF high morAl stAnDArD、hEr FAthEr lymAnBEEChEr wAs ACongrEgAtionAl ministEr AnD BrothEr hEnry wArDBEEChEr BECAmE pAstor oFBrooklyn’s plymouthChurCh. thEBEEChErs movED toCinCinAtti whEn lymAnBEEChEr wAs AppointED prEsiDEnt oF lAnE thEologiCAl sEminAry. thErE, hArriEt’s sistErCAthArinE FounDED wEstErn FEmAlE institutE, whErE hArriEt tAught until hEr 1834 mArriAgE to wiDowErCAlvin stowE, ABiBliCAl litErAturE proFEssor At lAnE.During thE First sEvEn yEArs oF mArriAgE shE BorE FivE ChilDrEn, writing piECEs For mAgAzinEs to ComplimEnt proFEssor stowE’s mEAgEr sAlAry. shE won A short story prizE From wEstErn monthly mAgAzinE, AnD hEr litErAry proDuCtion AnD skill inCrEAsED stEADily. in 1834, hEr short-story CollECtion thE mAyFlowEr wAs puBlishED、
this ohio pErioD gAvE stowE thE impEtus to writE unClE tom’sCABin.CinCinnAti wAs just ACross thE rivEr From thE slAvE trADE, AnD shE oBsErvED FirsthAnD sEvErAl inCiDEnts whiCh gAlvAnizED hEr to writE FAmous Anti-slAvEry novEl. sCEnEs shE oBsErvED on thE ohio rivEr, inCluDing sEEing A husBAnD AnD wiFE BEing solD ApArt, As wEll As nEwspApEr AnD mAgAzinE ACCounts AnD intErviEws, ContriButED mAtEriAl to thE E-mErging plot. thE FAmily shArED hEr ABolitionist sEntimEnt AnD wAs ACtivE in hiDing runAwAy slAvEs.
in 1850CAlvin stowE wAs AppointED AtBowDoin, AnD thE EntirE FAmily rEturnED to thE northEAst. thEy rEAChEDBoston At thE hEight oF thE puBliC Furor ovEr thE 1850 FugitivE slAyE lAw, whiCh mAnDAtED thE rEturn oF runAwAy slAvEs AlrEADy in thE north to thEir ownErs. mAny FormEr slAvEs FlED toCAnADA From thEir homEs in nEwEnglAnD、hArriEt sEt ABout writing A polEmiCAl novEl illustrAting thE morAl rEsponsiBility oF thE EntirE nAtion For thE CruEl systEm. shE ForwArDED thE First EpisoDEs toDr.BAilEy, EDitor oF thE wAshington Anti-slAvEry wEEkly, thE nAtionAlErA、hE AgrEED to pAy ＄ 300 For thE work, thEn puBlishED it in 40 instAllmEnts. thE suspEnsEFul EpisoDEs wErE rEAD wEEkly to FAmiliEs AnD gAthErings throughout thE lAnD、DEspitE thE nAtionAlErA’s smAll CirCulAtion, limitED to An AuDiEnCE AlrEADy sympAthEtiC to ABolitionism, thE instAllmEnts rEAChED A lArgE AuDiEnCE As worn CopiEs wErE pAssED From FAmily to FAmily.Although mAny northErnErs ConsiDErED slAvEry A politiCAl institution For whiCh thEy hAD no pErsonAl rEsponsiBility, unClE tom’sCABin wAs BEComing A nAtionAl sEnsAtion.
thE EpisoDEs AttrACtED thE AttEntion oFBoston puBlishEr, j. p. jEwEtt, who puBlishED thE work in mArCh oF 1852. unClE tom’sCABin immEDiAtEly BrokE All sAlEs rECorDs oF thE DAy: sElling hAlF-A-million CopiEs By 1857. hArriEtBEEChEr stowE rECEivED royAltiEs only on thEAmEriCAn EDitions; unAuthorizED DrAmAtiC proDuCtions BoomED, As DiD A proFusion oF ArtiFACts, "tomituDEs," BAsED on thE story. pirAtEDEuropEAn EDitions Also hAD AstronomiCAl sAlEs. putnAm’s mAgAzinE CAllED unClE tom’sCABin "thE First rEAl suCCEss in BookmAking." stowE wEnt on to mAny othEr litErAry projECts, proDuCing ABout A Book A yEAr From 1862 to 1884. For All thE AttEntion givEn to unClE tom’sCABin, it’s FAr From stowE’s BEst work. shE DiD writE onE othEr novEl ABout liFE in thE south, But muCh oF hEr BEst work hAs nothing thE south At All. in FACt, stowE’s BEst writing is ABout villAgE liFE in thE nEwEnglAnD’s stAtEs in thE 19th CEntury. howEvEr, shE is still most rEmEmBErED As thE Author oF unClE tom’sCABin.
ACCorDing to thE pAssAgE, whiCh oF thE Following stAtEmEnts is truE、A、numBEr oF slAvEs rEturnED to thEir homEs in nEwEnglAnD、
B．thE northErnErs BEliEvED thEy ArE rEsponsiBlE For slAvEry issuEs.
C、thE First EpisoDEs oF thE novEl wErE puBlishED in sEquEnCE.
D．pEoplE in thE north AgrEED to sEnD thE runAwAy slAvE BACk to thEir ownErs.