Is the book Uncle Toms Cabin worth reading?

Also, is it a real story or based on a real story?

I found it heavy going but it did provide an interesting first-hand view of the realities of slavery.It is certainly worth reading but not for the literary style.

(You can check as easily as I whether it was true or not. Here)

It’s worth reading, if only from the historical perspective that it was an important anti-slavery book before the Civil War.

It’s a great book, and it’s 100% fiction. Also it has been heavily criticized, but worth reading. It really makes you think twice about any fantasies one may be harboring about how great slave ownership might be (although I still think owning a gang of oompa-loompas would be pretty awesome).

You’ll never know for sure unless you start it yourself.

I loved it, but it is a challenge to decipher a lot of the lingo and slang.
Yes, it is a classic worth reading and not so much about understanding slavery as feeling the emotion of the plight of slaves during those eras.The ethics of.
It did for slavery what “Black Beauty” did for the humane treatment of horses and all animals.

Harriet Beecher Stowe was credited with being ” The little woman that started this big war.”

@gorillapaws “It’s a great book, and it’s 100% fiction.”

Uncle Tom was loosely based on the life of Josiah Henson, as written in his autobiography.

@SadieMartinPaul My understanding was that Josiah Henson more of an inspiration than biographical narrative, but I’m not an expert. I guess 100% fiction may be a misleading way of characterizing it—thanks for setting the record straight. I do know that most of the characters are heavily stereotyped caricatures which is part of the criticism.

Read it. Definitely it will lead you to understand more about slavery. If it affects you in any way, then reading it is worth it. Such is literature.