Harriet Beecher Stowe"s Uncle Tom"s Cabin was first published in 1852, and within a year had sold more than 300,000 copies in the United States and well over 2 million worldwide. This influential work is said to have helped bring about the Civil War. This volume offers a brief biography about the author, as well as critical and bibliographical information on the novel. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters.