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The historical significance of Stowe's antislavery writing has tended to draw attention away from her other work, and from her work's literary significance. Her work is admittedly uneven. At its worst, it indulges in a romanticized Christian sensibility that was much in favor with the audience of her time, but that finds little sympathy or credibility with modern readers. At her best, Stowe was a early and effective realist. Her settings are often described accurately and in detail. Her portraits of local social life, particularly with minor characters, reflect an awareness of the complexity of the culture she lived in, and an ability to communicate that culture to others. In her commitment to realism, and her serious narrative use of local dialect, Stowe predated works like [[Mark Twain]]'s [[Huckleberry Finn]] by 30 years, and influenced later regionalist writers including Sarah Orne Jewett and Mary Wilkins Freeman. <ref> [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stowe/StoweHB.html Harriet Beecher Stowe: 1811-1896.] </ref>

The historical significance of Stowe's antislavery writing has tended to draw attention away from her other work, and from her work's literary significance. Her work is admittedly uneven. At its worst, it indulges in a romanticized Christian sensibility that was much in favor with the audience of her time, but that finds little sympathy or credibility with modern readers. At her best, Stowe was a early and effective realist. Her settings are often described accurately and in detail. Her portraits of local social life, particularly with minor characters, reflect an awareness of the complexity of the culture she lived in, and an ability to communicate that culture to others. In her commitment to realism, and her serious narrative use of local dialect, Stowe predated works like [[Mark Twain]]'s [[Huckleberry Finn]] by 30 years, and influenced later regionalist writers including Sarah Orne Jewett and Mary Wilkins Freeman.<ref>[http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stowe/StoweHB.html Harriet Beecher Stowe: 1811-1896.]</ref>

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==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Famous American writers]]

* [[Famous American writers]]

* [[Abolitionism]]

* [[Abolitionism]]

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[[category:Women Authors]]

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[[Category:Abolitionists]]

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[[Category:Children of Clergy]]

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