首页
登录
职称英语
Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book," Uncl
Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book," Uncl
游客
2024-01-17
29
管理
问题
Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book," Uncle Tom’ s Cabin" . But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress.
But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1602, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England. For a while it outsold(销得比…多)every book in the world, except the Bible.
Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained America’ s most popular play for 5 years.
It might appear that"Uncle Tom’s Cabin"was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War days—particularly defenders of the slavery system— condemned it as false propaganda and poorly written melodrama(传奇剧作品).
Harriet did have strong religious views against slavery(When asked how she came to write the book, she replied," God wrote it. "), and she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so perhaps the book could be considered propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately described the evils of slavery.
Though she was born in Connecticut, 1582, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the presidency of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary(神学院). Ohio was a free state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in action. She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1601, Harriet Beecher Stowe began her book.
Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system. Today some historians(历史学家)think that it helped bring on the American Civil War.
In fact, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet at the White House during the Civil War, he said, " So, this is the little lady who started this big war. " [br] Harriet Beecher Stowe was able to describe the evils of slavery because ______.
选项
A、she had lived for 18 years in a state where slavery was legal
B、she had suffered quite a lot under the slavery system
C、she had witnessed what happened under the slavery system
D、she had read a lot about the slavery system
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。根据文章第六段第二句,斯坨夫人“亲眼目睹了奴隶制”。其余选项文章中都没有提到。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3370010.html
相关试题推荐
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,"Uncl
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,"Uncl
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,"Uncl
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,"Uncl
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,"Uncl
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,"Uncl
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,"Uncl
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,"Uncl
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,Uncle
HarrietBeecherStowehadpouredherheartintoheranti-slaverybook,Uncle
随机试题
In1990,WilliamDeresiewiczwasonhiswaytogainingaPh.D.inEnglishli
Afterpracticingforseveralweeks,Peterdecidedto______A、contriveB、comprise
地基承载力修正的根据是( )。A.建筑物的使用功能 B.建筑物的高度 C.
水溶性或亲水性基质的栓剂常用润滑剂是A:甘油B:95%乙醇C:肥皂:甘油(1
A.鉴别试验 B.对照试验 C.定性分析试验 D.回收试验 E.空白试验
以下选项是从左边图片中截取出来的是()。
从所给的四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性:
某机构设立一个义工发展小组,其总目标是通过系统性的义工小组培训,建立一支稳定的义
下列有关胰腺导管腺癌的叙述,正确的有( )。A.5年总体生存率低于10% B
“一把钥匙开一把锁”体现在教育中依然适用。
最新回复
(
0
)