Gone with the Wind (original 1936; edition 1999)

by Margaret Mitchell

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After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara sets about to salvage her plantation home.

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Title:	Gone with the Wind
Authors:	Margaret Mitchell
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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Author) (1936)

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The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall (lquilter, petersonvl)
lquilter: This work was rewritten to tell the other side of Gone With the Wind, the story that Mitchell elided with her romanticized view of racism and slavery and its "happier when they were slaves" survivors. The Mitchell estate chose to sue for copyright infringement, but lost because the court recognized that this work is an important critical commentary on Gone with the Wind, and the beliefs that animated the original.… (more)
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avalon_today: They are both scandalous women. It’s a love hate relationship.
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lquilter: Jubilee is the true story of the author's great grandmother, a woman born to slavery as the daughter of a slave and a white slave-owner. She acted as servant to her white sister, and was a witness to antebellum life, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.
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blonderedhead: Strong female heroine in a sweeping, romantic and exciting historical fiction novel. I loved both books...and think others might, too.
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Prinzipessa: This book explains Gone with the Wind and analyzes its sequels, parodies as well as the fan fiction stories based on Gone With the Wind.
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A.D.Morel: There's this feeling of longing, that she will not quite get there, yet we are passionately rooting for the main character, we go through her travails with her.
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GCPLreader: melodrama in the midst of war and the invasion (and burning!) of a major city
fulner: rich people sit around and talk about war as if it didn't matter
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theshadowknows: These books share a similar epic, sweeping feel in bringing to life a lost and fading ideal (the American frontier in Heart of the West and the old, genteel south in Gone with the Wind.)
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fulner: The amount of similarities between the girls of antebellum South in Gone with the Wind and the Indian girls in Erotic Stories for Punjabi widows is striking.
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veracity: 'Winds of Tara' is an unauthorised sequel to 'Gone with the Wind'.
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avalon_today: Its about having to deal with a very strong, charismatic man. *Sigh*
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This book reads like it is 200 pages instead of nearly 1000. Scarlett O'Hara is one of the most compelling fictional characters ever - - totally flawed, yet you find yourself cheering for her all the way. If you read this book for what it is - - a story of unrequited love - - you'll love it. In so far as the historical part, I learned quite a bit about the Civil War times from the perspective of the South. Unfortunately, some of this comes across as racist, and it probably is/was. But I think it gives real insight into the unfair perceptions that existed in the day. (

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Anita_Pomerantz | Mar 23, 2023 |

September 36 edition, 15th, no jacket, fair

dgmathis | Mar 19, 2023 |

What a fantastic novel. I can't believe I hadn't read this before now! I don't know how she did it, but Margaret Mitchell managed to write in a simple, easy-to-read manner (no thick, plodding prose), but at the same time really delve into the deep, complication of human relationships. And the civil war is like a character in itself - a finely-woven tapestry laid out behind the characters dancing in front of it. And to make us care what happens to, and look forward to finding out what happens to the so-very-spoiled Scarlett O'Hara, is quite an incredible feat. I can't believe how engaged I was in this book (I read A LOT) and sadly realize it may be years, even decades, before I read another book that sweeps me away like this one did.
(P.S. I watched the movie after I finished the book, and they did a decent job, but even in almost four hours of film, they cannot do it justice. Don't settle for the movie - read the book!) (

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Desiree_Reads | Mar 15, 2023 |

I don't even want to rate this. I knew it would be uncomfortable to read with outdated stereotypes, but I had no idea just how intense and awful the level of propaganda would be. From the notion that the KKK was necessary to protect white women to describing every black character (even those the white characters supposedly loved) in animalistic terms or as child-like, it was just awful. I have heard references to both the novel and the book in pop culture over the years, so I wanted to read it myself. (

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CarolHicksCase | Mar 12, 2023 |

Gone with the Wind is a novel by Margaret Mitchell in which Scarlett O'Hara struggles to maintain her family's plantation, which has fallen into disrepair since Atlanta was burned in the Civil War. Scarlett is crushed when her childhood love marries another woman. Scarlett marries Charles Hamilton, who dies in the Civil War. After the Civil War, Scarlett struggles to support herself. She marries three more times in search of financial stability.

Mitchell's narrative, set against the historical background of the American Civil War is a somewhat engrossing read. I say somewhat because I was not impressed with the central character of Scarlett O'Hara and, although the author was able to introduce many characters and much historical detail, I was not engaged as the novel droned on. The selfishness of the priveleged character of Scarlett was disappointing and deterred me from enjoying some of the colorful detail in this long novel. Her struggles, particularly with Rhett Butler, dimmed as the novel wound onward to its inevitable ending. (

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jwhenderson | Mar 5, 2023 |

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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.

added by Shortride | editTime (Jul 6, 1936)

This is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best.

added by Shortride | editThe New York Times Book Review, J. Donald Adams (pay site) (Jul 5, 1936)

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.

added by Shortride | editThe New York Times, Ralph Thompson (pay site) (Jun 30, 1936)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Mitchell, Margaret	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Auterinen, Maijaliisa	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Beheim-Schwarzbach, Martin	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Conroy, Pat	Foreword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Roldanus, Willem Jacob Aarland	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Stahl, Ben	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Stephens, Linda	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
אריוך, ג.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Gejaagd door de Wind; Het Zaad Ontkiemt by Margaret Mitchell

Gejaagd door de Wind; Vuur over Land by Margaret Mitchell

Gejaagd door de Wind; Als een Vlam in de Storm by Margaret Mitchell

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Gone with the Wind (Part 2/4) by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind (Part 1/4) by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind (Part 1/3) by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind (Part 2/3) by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind (Part 3/3) by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind (Part 3/4) by Margaret Mitchell

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Gone with the Wind (Part 1/2) by Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind (Part 2/2) by Margaret Mitchell

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Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley

The Winds of Tara: The Saga Lives On by Katherine Pinotti

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Gone with the Wind [1939 film] by Victor Fleming

Gone with the Wind by Herbert Bridges

Gone with the Wind: The Screenplay by Sidney Howard

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Walt Disneys lustige Taschenbücher. No. 117: Die Ducks... vom Winde verweht by Walt Disney

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The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall

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Gone With the Wind Cookbook/Famous Southern Cooking Recipes by Dolce & Gabbana

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Gone 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

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Frankly, 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

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More Literary Houses by Rosalind Ashe

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Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell (SparkNotes) by SparkNotes Editors

A Study Guide for Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" by Gale Cengage Learning

Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind (Monarch Notes) by L. Gemme

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Canonical title

Original title

Gone With the Wind

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Original publication date

1936-06-30

People/Characters

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Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Clayton County, Georgia, USA

Fulton County, Georgia, USA

Georgia, USA

Jonesboro, Georgia, USA

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Important events

American Civil War (1861 | 1865)

Reconstruction Era of the United States (1865 | 1877)

Related movies

Gone with the Wind (1939 | IMDb)

Awards and honors

Pulitzer Prize (Novel, 1937)

Time's All-Time 100 Novels selection

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition)

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay (1939)

BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 21)

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Epigraph

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Ein Mensch ist in seinem Leben wie Gras/er blühet wie eine Blume auf dem Felde;/wenn der Wind darüber geht, so ist sie nimmer da,/ und ihre Stätte kennet sie nicht mehr. Psalm 103

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To J. R. M.

First words

Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm, as the Tarleton twins were.

Quotations

As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again. (Scarlett)

I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies. (Prissy)

After all, tomorrow is another day.

My dear, I don't give a damn.

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This LT work is for Margaret Mitchell's original 1936 novel, Gone with the Wind. Please distinguish it both from partial copies of the work (one or another volume from a 2, 3 or 4-volume set) and from the 1939 movie version of the same name. Thank you.

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After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara sets about to salvage her plantation home.

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Set in Georgia at the time of the Civil War, this is the story of headstrong Scarlett O'Hara, her three marriages and her determination to keep her father's property of Tara, despite the vicissitudes of war and passion.

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