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连载小说形式的「黑奴吁天录」 (Uncle
Tom’s Cabin) 完成
1851年6月5日
斯托决定要写一本关于奴隶制度的虚构小说，并且将这篇小说寄给出版反奴隶制度周刊的编辑。编辑付给斯托300块美金的稿费，作为是出版这篇小说的版权费。在1851年的月5日，这篇小说的第一章正式付梓。在接下来的10个月里，「黑奴吁天录」、或称为「低下阶层的生活」 (Life
Among the Lowly) 的这本书，共分为40集出版。虽然当时报章杂志的读者还没有很多，但是人们开始讨论这本「黑奴吁天录」，并且传阅这个故事。到了1852年，一位波士顿的出版商将「黑奴吁天录」集结成书出版，这本书也立刻成为畅销作品。在发行的第一年里，这本书就卖了30万本，到了1857年，已经销售约50万本。几乎所有人都看过这本书，当然也包括美国总统在内。
Stowe decided to write a fictional story about slavery and sent it to the editor of an anti-slavery weekly. He paid her $300 for the right to publish her story, and on June 5, 1851, the first chapter appeared in print. Over the next 10 months, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, was published in 40 installments. Even though the paper had not been tremendously popular, people started to discuss Uncle Tom's Cabin and pass around the story. In 1852, a Boston publisher issued Uncle Tom's Cabin as a book. It became an instant bestseller. Three hundred thousand copies were sold the first year, and a half-million copies by 1857. Before long it seemed that everyone had read it, including the president of the United States!
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