Gone with the Wind
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002RSRPS8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 484 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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A monumental classic considered by many to be not only the greatest love story ever written, but also the greatest Civil War saga.
We read it when we're young and fall in love with the characters, then we watch the film and read the book again and watch the film again and never get tired of revisiting an era that is the most important in our history. "Beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. Told from the standpoint of the women left behind, author Margaret Mitchell brilliantly illustrates the heartbreaking and devastating effects of war on the land and its people." -- Fannie Flagg, Academy Award nominated-author"Let's say you've read Gone with the Wind at least twice, and seen the movie over and again. No one ever forgets the scene when Scarlet wanders among the wounded in the Atlanta train yard; no
It won the Pulitzer price, sold over ten million copies, was translated into eighteen languages and was later made into one of the best-loved films of all time starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. . She died in 1949. This book, a record bestseller, was her only published work. Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of an attorney who was president of the Atlanta H
A great novel that deserves to be protected from the pc attacks of those who want to tell people what they can and cannot read I bought this book after reading a politically correct rant in a magazine by someone who thought it was high time that the book should be shunned or even banned. In general, I tend to think that anything that people want to ban should be immediately and strongly supported for free speech reasons, if nothing else, but I did not necessarily have high expectations for the book. I a. Reveals something new at every read. Of course this book is still very much an American classic and as exciting a read as in 1935 when it was first published. This is my first time reading it in 30 yr., although I read it several times as a young adult.So many parts of the story that were not particularly as important when I was in my early 20's were glaringly important to me now. Such as the beginnings of the Klu . "it gets better each time" according to The Monk. Exceptional! Having read and reread GWTW several times, it gets better each time. Not only the story but Mitchell's writing. She has created vivid, at times exaggerated, characters who despite having very few redeeming qualities the reader still roots for them, loves them, and misses them.The backdrop of the mythical South and the Civil war is visceral. Mitchell places you there