The Minister's Wooing

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American abolitionist and author, best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin which depicted life for African-Americans under slavery, reached millions as a novel and play, and energized anti-slavery forces in the American North. The Minister's Wooing is a historical romance set in 18th-century New England; the novel satirizes the Calvinism Stowe had grown up with.