Gone With the Wind: The Novel
The novel, Gone With the Wind
was published in June of 1936 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in May
of 1937. Within the first three weeks of publication, the novel sold more
than 176,000 copies. The Chicago Tribune stated:
A
Remarkable
Book,
A Spectacular Book,
A Book
That Will Not Be
Forgotten!
Links to the Novel
Margaret Mitchell
 Margaret
Mitchell, a thirty-five year old housewife and ex-feature writer for
the Atlanta Journal, wrote
Gone With the Wind over a period of several years beginning in 1926,
while recuperating from a broken ankle. She completed the book in 1935
and received the Pulitzer Prize. Mitchell said of her book: My story is
the story "of a girl who was somewhat like Atlanta, part of the old South,
part of the new South; how she rose with Atlanta and fell with it and rose
again; what Atlanta did to her, what she did to Atlanta and the man who
was more than a match for her."
New York Times Book Review
"This is beyond doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced
by an American writer. It is also one of the best."
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Margaret Mitchell's GONE
WITH THE WIND is a tragic saga that can never be forgotten once read. Scarlett
O'Hara is headstrong, intelligent, bold, and beautiful but she also makes
mistakes. She is selfish and lives for the present.Rhett Buttler is one
man no woman can ever forget. He is the perfect father and lover whom is
first consumed wholly with Scarlett and then driven away by her. If you
want to read a truly absorbing, romantic, historically accurate book let
this one be your first choice.
Margaret Mitchell Links
Scarlett the Sequel
In defense of Alexandra Ripley,
I have read many of her other books and I enjoyed them. I did not particularly
like Ripley's sequel Scarlett
but let's face it, could anyone have written the sequel to Mitchell's legendary
novel? I think it was an impossible task and I give Ripley credit for trying!
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