Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Principal Works

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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: PRINCIPAL WORKS

The Mayflower; or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters among the Descendants of the Pilgrims [reprinted as The Mayflower; or, Scenes and Sketches among the Descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers.] (short stories) 1843

* Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly (novel) 1852

A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin; Presenting the Original Facts and Documents upon which the Story is Founded. Together with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work (nonfiction) 1853

Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands. 2 vols. (memoir) 1854

The Christian Slave: A Drama Founded on a Portion of Uncle Tom's Cabin (play) 1855

Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. 2 vols. (novel) 1856

The Minister's Wooing (novel) 1859

Agnes of Sorrento (novel) 1862

The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine (novel) 1862

Oldtown Folks (novel) 1869

† Lady Byron Vindicated: A History of the Byron Controversy, from Its Beginning in 1816 to the Present Time (essay) 1870

My Wife and I: or, Harry Henderson's History (novel) 1871

Pink and White Tyranny: A Society Novel (novel) 1871

Woman in Sacred History (essays) 1873

We and Our Neighbors: or, the Records of an Unfashionable Street (novel) 1875

Footsteps of the Master (religious prose) 1877

Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives (novel) 1878

* Uncle Tom's Cabin was initially published serially in The National Era.

† Lady Byron Vindicated was written in response to negative public response to Stowe's 1869 article in The Atlantic called "The True Story of Lady Byron."

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