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Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.
Widely considered The Great American Novel, and often remembered for its epic film version, Gone With the Wind explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
This is the tale of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled, manipulative daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War forever change her way of life. A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, in the pages of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell brings to life the unforgettable characters that have captured readers for over seventy years.
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Reading it, my mind flashed back to the party at the beginning of 'Gone With the Wind'. I wondered if Margaret Mitchell had borrowed this method of introducing characters from 'War and Peace'.
-Rannie
If you could meet one author in person, living or dead, who would it be and why did you choose them?
This will no doubt be the oddest answer you receive, but I would like to meet Margaret Mitchell. Most people know little about her life, but she was a fascinating character in her own right. Born in 1900 she was raised by well-to-do and educated parents and subject to the influences of a region f...
-Leslie_R
Which books did you read in high school English class?
...lville. We had to write a term paper in each class on a book we really liked. I wrote one on A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and the other on Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. We also read a lot of poetry.
-Lana_Maskus
"Beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best." —The New York Times
"The best novel to have ever come out of the South...it is unsurpassed in the whole of American writing." —The Washington Post
"Fascinating and unforgettable! A remarkable book, a spectacular book, a book that will not be forgotten!" —Chicago Tribune
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Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949) was an American author and journalist. As a former newspaper reporter, she began Gone with the Wind in 1926. Only two people—the author and her husband—saw the manuscript before it reached the publisher. Gone with the Wind was awarded the National Book Award in 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, and is one of the most bestselling novels of all time.
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