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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Stowe's own travel memoir describing her tour of Europe after the success of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Stowe's own account of her European tour following the success of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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This is the second volume of Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, a travel memoir written by Harriet Beecher Stowe describing her journey through Europe, written in letter form.

Why it matters

The book shows how Stowe, already famous as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, was received across Europe, meeting prominent political and literary figures and attending antislavery meetings. It reveals how her fame and her cause connected with reform movements abroad.

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  • Why would Stowe choose to write her travels as a series of letters?
  • What does the list of people and events she describes tell you about her social and political connections?
  • What is left out of a travel memoir written for public publication?

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