6/23/2023 0 Comments Gone with the wind book authorThis edition of the classic love story features an introductory essay offering a context to the novel, by critically acclaimed, Sunday Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory. Atlanta native Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel of the Civil War (1861-65) and Reconstruction in Georgia, Gone With the Wind, occupies an important place in any history of twentieth-century American literature. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell 3. Since its first publication in 1936, Gone with the Wind has endured as one of the bestselling novels of all time, in spite of its problematic subject matter. It vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction and is a sweeping story of tangled passion and courage. Widely considered the Great American Novel, and often remembered for its epic film version starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind is a superb piece of storytelling. Above all, it is the story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett O’Hara and the dashing soldier of fortune Rhett Butler. Scarlett’s sheltered, indulgent life first gets hit by the news that Ashley Wilkes, the man she is in love with, is to marry another woman, Melanie Hamilton. After all, tomorrow is another day.’ Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret Mitchell’s magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and a people forever changed. 'Gone with The Wind' by Margaret Mitchell chronicles the life of sixteen-year-old Scarlett O’Hara, rife with teenage exuberance and accustomed to getting everything and every man she wants. ‘Tomorrow, I’ll think of some way to get him back.
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