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Loading... Gone With the Wind (original 1936; edition 1973)by Margaret Mitchell
Work detailsGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1936)
Started out slow, but then it was hard to put it down. Major tearjerker, so I don't recommend finishing it somewhere like at work or other place that you might not want to be seen crying. (  ) Zura27 | May 7, 2013 |  I came to this book with an open and curious mind, and I could describe its virtues (I finished it, after all). However, the overt racism, and worse yet, nostalgia for the systematic racism of days gone by, were appalling. Every time I started to relax into the story (and there were quite a few such times), some awful piece of bigotry jarred me out of it and made me feel ashamed of having any liking for this book at all. maribou | May 6, 2013 | What can one say about Gone With the Wind that hasn't already been said a million times. Simply superb, unforgettable, ravishing...and on and on. ( ) JaneStarwood | Apr 28, 2013 | I'm so glad that Goodreads now has an abandoned shelf. Sadly, many books I pick up end up abandoned. Case in point: Gone with the Wind. I read about 150 pages, and I just couldn't do it. I hate Scarlett O'Hara, she is of no interest to me. The only remotely interesting character is Rhett Butler....and I just didnt have the patience to wait around for him to become important. Also, the racism in this novel is just too painful to deal with. It goes waaaaay beyound the mere "Slavery was great, the slaves were happy to be working with kind masters" bullshit that the movie is known for. I felt that Mitchell described as the slaves in a really demeaning manner--she wrote them simple and childlike. And everytime someone used the word "Darkie" I cringed. Maybe it's just my modern sensibilities, but I couldn't get past it! That said, Mitchell herself is a skilled writer. The prose was clean and lovely at some points and I admire her attempts to really explore her character's motives. In the end, though, it wasn't enough. And I gave up. (  ) KristySP | Apr 21, 2013 | One of the greatest love stories ever told, this book takes the cake, and makes all other novels you read after it pale in comparison. Tiffalex | Apr 17, 2013 |
 An old fashioned, romantic narrative with no Joycean or Proustian nonsense about it, the novel is written in a methodical style which fastidious readers may find wearying. But so carefully does Author Mitchell build up her central character of Scarlett O'Hara, and her picture of the times in which that wild woman struggled, that artistic lapses seem scarcely more consequential than Scarlett's many falls from grace.  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 historical background is the chief virtue of the book, and it is the story of the times rather than the unconvincing and somewhat absurd plot that gives Miss Mitchell's work whatever importance may be attached to it. ContainsIs retold inHas the (non-series) sequelHas the adaptationInspiredGone with the Wind by Victor Fleming Gone With the Wind Cookbook/Famous Southern Cooking Recipes by Dolce & Gabbana Gone with the wind; the original sound track album by Max Steiner Has as a reference guide/companionGone with the Wind as Book and Film by Richard Harwell The Irish Roots of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind by David O'Connell Has as a studyFrankly, My Dear: "Gone with the Wind" Revisited by Molly Haskell Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood by Ellen F. Brown The Wind Is Never Gone: Sequels, Parodies and Rewritings of Gone with the Wind by M. Carmen Gomez-galisteo Has as a student's study guide
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