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Loading... Before Scarlett: Girlhood Writings of Margaret Mitchellby Margaret Mitchell
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Celebrating the centennial of Margaret Mitchell's birth, a unique compilation of childhood writings by the acclaimed author of Gone With the Wind features short stories, fairy tales, journal entries, essays, and single-act plays, all penned from age eight to seventeen. 75,000 first printing. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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The only saving grace to this work was the editorial text provided by Mary Rose Taylor which explained what made some of the writings significant - primarily by pointing out where family members or childhood friends provided the names/characterizations for some of her works.
As the book progresses, Mitchell's works mature, and they consist of works written in school annuals or newspapers (so you aren't missing wholesale sections of the text) and it is interesting how is can change - but I would expect the same could be said of what I wrote when I was seven compared to seventeen (I hope it got better). Only recommended if you are REALLY interested in Mitchell as a person. Gone With the Wind doesn't even make a cameo appearance in this book. ( )