‘Gone With the Wind’ Hits No. 1 on Amazon Best-Sellers Chart After HBO Max Drops Movie

[phetaroi]

Originally Posted by TMSRetired

It's FICTION for crying out loud.

The book is a literary classic and the movie has superb acting.
Nobody reads the book or watches the move to "celebrate slavery".

I agree with the last part of your post.

But not first part. Fiction can be more important than non-fiction.

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by phetaroi

Fiction can be more important than non-fiction.

A good example, related to the Civil War, was "Uncle Tom's Cabin", at the time the second best selling book in US history, trailing only the Bible. Though the slave owners screamed libel and false portrayals, the novel's depiction of slavery as immoral became the dominant source for northern thinking on the institution.

All that from a mediocre novel written in the excessively sentimental style of the day.

[Therblig]

Originally Posted by Grandstander

A good example, related to the Civil War, was "Uncle Tom's Cabin", at the time the second best selling book in US history, trailing only the Bible. Though the slave owners screamed libel and false portrayals, the novel's depiction of slavery as immoral became the dominant source for northern thinking on the institution.

Was it Lincoln who greeted Stowe with, "So you're the little lady who[se book] started this big war?"

[danllyod]

Totslly dumb........ GWTW is beyond good!!

[phetaroi]

Originally Posted by Grandstander

A good example, related to the Civil War, was "Uncle Tom's Cabin", at the time the second best selling book in US history, trailing only the Bible. Though the slave owners screamed libel and false portrayals, the novel's depiction of slavery as immoral became the dominant source for northern thinking on the institution.

All that from a mediocre novel written in the excessively sentimental style of the day.

Excellent example!