Harriet Beecher Stowe s novel Uncle Tom s Cabin was one of the most controversial books
published in 1851 52 and put the debate on slavery more strongly in the center of public
attention. It had great influence on other writers at that time. This paper deals with the
writing and the publishing of Stowe s masterpiece and the comparison with its most popular
stage adaptation by George L. Aiken. Similarities as well as differences will be presented as
far as the structure the characters and the themes are concerned.
