Harriet Beecher Stowe个人简介.ppt

Harriet Beecher Stowe哈丽特?比彻?斯托 life was born June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut, the seventh child of a famous protestant preacher. brought up with puritanical strictness. Her father, Lyman Beecher, was a controversial Calvinist preacher Mother died when she was four. Died in 1 July 1896 at the age of 85, in Hartford Connecticut, When she was eleven years old, she entered Hartford Female Seminary, a school founded by her sister Catherine. At that time, Hartford Female Seminary was one of only a handful of schools that took the education of girls seriously. career In 1834 Stowe began her literary career when she won a prize contest of the Western Monthly Magazine, soon she was a regular contributor of stories and essays. In 1843, her first book The Mayflower, appeared. Harriet’ works Uncle Toms Cabin, 1852 《汤姆叔叔的小屋》 A Key to Uncle Toms Cabin, 1853 《汤姆叔叔的小屋说明》 Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, 1856 《德雷德：阴暗大沼地的故事》 The Ministers Wooing, 1859 《牧师的求婚》 The Pearl of Orrs Island, 1862 《奥尔岛上的明珠》 Oldtown Folks, 1869 《老城的人们》 Uncle Toms Cabin the best-selling novel of the 19th century the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War.“ Influenced by many people she was influenced by many people. The most prominent influences in her life were: Her father, Lyman, a minister and seminary president Her sister, Catherine, an innovative educator Her younger brother, Henry, a minister Her husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe, a professor and strong critic of slavery. When she visited Kentucky, witnessed the life of slaves there, which provide materials for her later novels. Again she was influenced by the strong anti-slavery sentiment in his father’s school. The sentiments became her tone of the novels. It is said that President Lincoln met Stowe during the Civil War and said to her, So you are the little woman who wrote the book that made this big war. And