The Reading Room
On Rights of Man
If Common Sense made Paine the voice of the American Revolution, Rights of Man made him the most dangerous writer in Britain.
On Rights of Man
If Common Sense made Paine the voice of the American Revolution, Rights of Man made him the most dangerous writer in Britain.
On Civil Disobedience
A single night in jail over an unpaid tax became the seed of the most influential American essay on conscience ever written.
On Civil Disobedience
A single night in jail over an unpaid tax became the seed of the most influential American essay on conscience ever written.
On Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
This is the book that made abolition undeniable, because no one could read it and still pretend.
On Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
This is the book that made abolition undeniable, because no one could read it and still pretend.
On What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
It may be the greatest American speech, and it is an indictment.
On What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
It may be the greatest American speech, and it is an indictment.
On Uncle Tom's Cabin
This is the novel that moved a nation toward war by making readers feel, in their own parlors, the cruelty they had managed not to see.
On Uncle Tom's Cabin
This is the novel that moved a nation toward war by making readers feel, in their own parlors, the cruelty they had managed not to see.
On The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk may be the most important American book of its century, and it is also one of the most beautiful. Published in 1903, W. E. B.
On The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk may be the most important American book of its century, and it is also one of the most beautiful. Published in 1903, W. E. B.