Uncle Tom"s Cabin

A lot of sources of varying degrees of reliability claim that once when meeting with the author "Uncle Tom Huts", Abraham Lincoln allegedly said such a phrase: This little lady began a great war. The novel of American writer Harriet Bilecher-Stow (1811-1896) very quickly acquired world fame and recognition. Written in the nineteenth century sentimental style "female prose" this book, however, made a grand coup in public sentiments, won an important place not only in the history of literature, but simply - in history, since the most noble reason for the civil war between The north and south was the struggle for the abolition of slavery. And in this struggle, the book of a little woman made an invaluable contribution