Uncle Tom's Cabin

Late in the afternoon of a chilly day in February, two gentlemen were sitting alone over their wine, in a well-furnished dining parlor, in the town of P——, in Kentucky. There were no servants present, and the gentlemen, with chairs closely approaching, seemed to be discussing some subject with great earnestness.

Haley 议价开场已锁定贩奴交易，后接 Eliza 北逃与 Tom 南下殉道双线，故情节 88。

“Why, the fact is, Haley, Tom is an uncommon fellow; he is certainly worth that sum anywhere,—steady, honest, capable, manages my whole farm like a clock.” “You mean honest, as niggers go,” said Haley, helping himself to a glass of brandy.

「值得投资」把 Tom 钉成商品同时又预告其非常之人，人物群像由此展开，故人物 90。

Owing to the peculiar form of the shore on the Kentucky side, the land bending far out into the water, the ice had been lodged and detained in great quantities, and the narrow channel which swept round the bend was full of ice, piled one cake over another, thus forming a temporary barrier to the descending ice. Eliza stood, for a moment, contemplating this unfavorable aspect of things.

冰河逃亡是强加速套件，与说教/感伤段落交替，整体仍可读，故节奏 84。

Fortunate for him was it that the book he was intent on was one which slow reading cannot injure,—nay, one whose words, like ingots of gold, seem often to need to be weighed separately, that the mind may take in their priceless value. Let us follow him a moment, as, pointing to each word, and pronouncing each half aloud, he reads, “Let—not—your—heart—be—troubled. In—my—Father’s—house—are—many—mansions. I—go—to—prepare—a—place—for—you.”

维多利亚感伤修辞为武器而非细密文体，殉道场面有感染力，故文笔 82。

“I believe I’m reckoned to bring in about the finest droves of niggers that is brought in,—at least, I’ve been told so; if I have once, I reckon I have a hundred times,—all in good case,—fat and likely, and I lose as few as any man in the business. And I lays it all to my management, sir; and humanity, sir, I may say, is the great pillar of _my_ management.”

酒桌上谈人口货，一笔画出蓄奴经济地理的入口，故世界观 86。

For convenience sake, we have said, hitherto, two _gentlemen_. One of the parties, however, when critically examined, did not seem, strictly speaking, to come under the species. He was a short, thick-set man, with coarse, commonplace features, and that swaggering air of pretension which marks a low man who is trying to elbow his way upward in the world.

寒夜两人饮酒议价人口，以反讽道德标题钩住义愤，故钩子 86。

The writer has often been inquired of, by correspondents from different parts of the country, whether this narrative is a true one; and to these inquiries she will give one general answer. The separate incidents that compose the narrative are, to a very great extent, authentic, occurring, many of them, either under her own observation, or that of her personal friends.

把家庭小说写成废奴动员并宣称纪实，历史效应与类型发明并重，故创新 92。

But, what can any individual do? Of that, every individual can judge. There is one thing that every individual can do,—they can see to it that _they feel right_. An atmosphere of sympathetic influence encircles every human being; and the man or woman who _feels_ strongly, healthily and justly, on the great interests of humanity, is a constant benefactor to the human race.

殉道与逃亡收束后转入作者证词，说教收尾但情感挣得，故结局 88。