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Gone with the Wind  
Author: Margaret Mitchell
ISBN: 0446365386
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
   Book Review



Sometimes only remembered for the epic motion picture and "Frankly ... I don't give a damn," Gone with the Wind was initially a compelling and entertaining novel. It was the sweeping story of tangled passions and the rare courage of a group of people in Atlanta during the time of Civil War that brought those cinematic scenes to life. The reason the movie became so popular was the strength of its characters--Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, and Ashley Wilkes--all created here by the deft hand of Margaret Mitchell, in this, her first novel.


The New York Times Book Review
This is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best.


The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Novel by Margaret Mitchell, published in 1936. Gone With the Wind is a sweeping, romantic story about the American Civil War from the point of view of the Confederacy. In particular it is the story of Scarlett O'Hara, a headstrong Southern belle who survives the hardships of the war and afterwards manages to establish a successful business by capitalizing on the struggle to rebuild the South. Throughout the book she is motivated by her unfulfilled love for Ashley Wilkes, an honorable man who is happily married. After a series of marriages and failed relationships with other men, notably the dashing Rhett Butler, she has a change of heart and determines to win Rhett back.




Gone with the Wind

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A monumental classic considered by many to be not only the greatest love story ever written, but also the greatest Civil War saga.

FROM THE CRITICS

New York Times Book Review

This is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best. -- Books of the Century; New York Times review, July 1936

     



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