however, in 1985 jane tompkins wrote differently about "uncle tom's cabin" in her book "in sensational designs: the cultural work of american fiction." tompkins praised "uncle tom's cabin"'s style. she said that sentimental novels showed how women's emotions changed the world in a good way. she also said that the popular domestic novels written in the 19th century, like "uncle tom's cabin", were intelligently written. she also said that "uncle tom's cabin" shows a "critique of american society far more devastating (powerful) than any ... by better-known critics such as hawthorne and melville."