Books like Uncle Tom's Cabin

[Note: this refers to the Classics Illustrated comic version of the book. There appears to be some confusion under this entry as to this particular edition]The most useful thing about this little book is that it gave me access to the plot and characters of this classic novel--one which was apparently very influential in its time and helped spread consciousness about the evils of slavery among white folk, but one which has not exactly stood the test of time well. I think it's important to judge literature on the basis of the attitudes of the day, and by those standards, Uncle Tom's Cabin was a remarkable achievement--not just for its topic but for the fact that it was written by a woman (who ended up essentially supporting her family on the income she got from the book--I wonder how her husband felt about that).Otherwise, the art is substandard and the flow is kind of clunky. But it takes about ten minutes to read, which is worth the cultural and historical knowledge I gained as a result :).