Read Like A Writer

There are two ways to learn how to write fiction: by reading it and by writing it. Yes, you can learn lots about writing stories in workshops, in writing classes and writing groups, at writers' conferences. You can learn technique and process by reading the dozens of books like this one on fiction writing and by reading articles in writers' magazines. But the best teachers of fiction are the great works of fiction themselves. You can learn more about the structure of a short story by reading Anton Chekhov's 'Heartache' than you can in a semester of Creative Writing 101. If you read like a writer, that is, which means you have to read everything twice, at least. When you read a story or novel the first time, just let it happen. Enjoy the journey. When you've finished, you know where the story took you, and now you can go back and reread, and this time notice how the writer reached that destination. Notice the choices he made at each chapter, each sentence, each word. (Every word is a choice.) You see now how the transitions work, how a character gets across a room. All this time you're learning. You loved the central character in the story, and now you can see how the writer presented the character and rendered her worthy of your love and attention. The first reading is creative—you collaborate with the writer in making the story. The second reading is critical.


John Dufresne, from his book, The Lie That Tells A Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction

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Monday, April 3, 2023

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
or
Life among the Lowly

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

 

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Contents

 

VOLUME I

CHAPTER I—In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity
CHAPTER II—The Mother
CHAPTER III —The Husband and Father
CHAPTER IV—An Evening in Uncle Tom’s Cabin
CHAPTER V—Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners
CHAPTER VI—Discovery
CHAPTER VII—The Mother’s Struggle
CHAPTER VIII—Eliza’s Escape
CHAPTER IX—In Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man
CHAPTER X—The Property Is Carried Off
CHAPTER XI—In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind
CHAPTER XII—Select Incident of Lawful Trade
CHAPTER XIII—The Quaker Settlement
CHAPTER XIV—Evangeline
CHAPTER XV—Of Tom’s New Master, and Various Other Matters
CHAPTER XVI—Tom’s Mistress and Her Opinions
CHAPTER XVII—The Freeman’s Defence
CHAPTER XVIII—Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions

VOLUME II

CHAPTER—Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions Continued XIX
CHAPTER XX—Topsy
CHAPTER XXI—Kentuck
CHAPTER XXII—“The Grass Withereth—the Flower Fadeth”
CHAPTER XXIII—Henrique
CHAPTER XXIV—Foreshadowings
CHAPTER XXV—The Little Evangelist
CHAPTER XXVI—Death
CHAPTER XXVII—“This Is the Last of Earth”
CHAPTER XXVIII—Reunion
CHAPTER XXIX—The Unprotected
CHAPTER XXX—The Slave Warehouse
CHAPTER XXXI—The Middle Passage
CHAPTER XXXII—Dark Places
CHAPTER XXXIII—Cassy
CHAPTER XXXIV—The Quadroon’s Story
CHAPTER XXXV—The Tokens
CHAPTER XXXVI—Emmeline and Cassy
CHAPTER XXXVII—Liberty
CHAPTER XXXVIII—The Victory
CHAPTER XXXIX—The Stratagem
CHAPTER XL—The Martyr
CHAPTER XLI—The Young Master
CHAPTER XLII—An Authentic Ghost Story
CHAPTER XLIII—Results
CHAPTER XLIV—The Liberator
CHAPTER XLV—Concluding Remarks

List of Illustrations

Eliza comes to tell Uncle Tom that he is sold, and that she is running away to save her child.
THE AUCTION SALE.
THE FREEMAN’S DEFENCE.
LITTLE EVA READING THE BIBLE TO UNCLE TOM IN THE ARBOR.
CASSY MINISTERING TO UNCLE TOM AFTER HIS WHIPPING.
THE FUGITIVES ARE SAVE IN A FREE LAND.


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About the Author 

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe
 Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (/stoʊ/; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and became best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings as well as for her public stances and debates on social issues of the day. Wikipedia


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