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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Better to be a dated male than an undated male! 
Why do you say that Robinson Crusoe should be included? It was certainly a great novel, by I don't know that it changed the world. For that matter, I don't really think that Shakespeare changed the world per se. Really, it's hard to think of a novel that changed the world. Uncle Tom's Cabin, perhaps? |
The mention of Uncle Tom's Cabin is certainly worthwhile.:
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According to legend, Abraham Lincoln greeted Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862 by saying "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." Whether the story is true or not, the sentiment underscores the public connection between Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Civil War.
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