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Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

This is the tale of Scarlett O’Hara, the spoiled, manipulative daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War forever change her way of life. A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, in the pages of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell brings to life the unforgettable characters that have captivated readers for decades.

Widely considered an American classic, and often remembered for its epic film version, Gone With the Wind explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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“Beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best.”—The New York Times

“The best novel to have ever come out of the South...it is unsurpassed in the whole of American writing.”—The Washington Post

“Fascinating and unforgettable! A remarkable book, a spectacular book, a book that will not be forgotten!”—Chicago Tribune

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Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949) was an American author and journalist. As a former newspaper reporter, she began Gone with the Wind in 1926. Only two people—the author and her husband—saw the manuscript before it reached the publisher. Gone with the Wind was awarded the National Book Award in 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, and is one of the most bestselling novels of all time.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribner; Reissue edition (May 3, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 960 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1451635621
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1451635621
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1030L
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.6 x 9.25 inches

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Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American author and journalist. One novel by Mitchell was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel, Gone with the Wind, for which she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. In more recent years, a collection of Mitchell's girlhood writings and a novella she wrote as a teenager, Lost Laysen, have been published. A collection of articles written by Mitchell for The Atlanta Journal was republished in book form.

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Jenn Lynn Jody

A Defining Story...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2023

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The brutal-struggling, melancholy, strong-willed, headstrong Scarlett in the page-turning intrigued classic that came over me while sweeping through several chapters of "Gone with the Wind", tells a defining story with many emotional twists and turns. How tears filled my eyes at the shattered loss of young four-year-old Bonnie. And how Rhett became such a stranger and so broken inside from his daughter's accidental, tragic death. And furthermore, while caught in such a solitude of distress, how Scarlett struggled with a deep loneliness after such an inconceivable loss of her precious little girl and then with her sweet sister-best friend Melanie's abrupt passing due to a sudden miscarriage. Scarlett, Rhett, Melanie, Ashley, and Mammy, all these characters are so colorful. Margaret, what a novel " Gone with the Wind" truly is. An intimate story that tends to keep your heart on the brink of question and on the verge of hunger for unconditional, unselfish love that always seems to have a battle in which it is fighting. "Gone with the Wind" is a story that will live with me, forever. The conclusion left my heart hanging with emotion. So many tears I have shed for Scarlett and Rhett... So many tears... (March 19, 2023)

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The greatest novel by an American

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The plots, raw history, characters, the love stories, and, above all, the descriptive passages have no peer in American fiction and, perhaps, none in all of literature. The greatest tragedy of this book is that it’s gifted author wrote only one book (She was killed at age 48, struck by an automobile as driven by a drunk driver.) . To miss this book is to miss American history’s best. This author (born in 1900) grew up on the laps of those who lived through the Civil War. Yet, remarkably, she grinds no axe. She simply tells it as was for native Southerners, white and black. As one who has read a book-a-week, most weeks, for 50 years and mostly historical fiction, I believe that I am reasonably educated reader. I have read this book, every word of it, four times, and loved it and learned more every single time. It should be required reading in American History and English courses. History books cannot enable us to re-live history; great historical fiction does precisely that. You'll love it. Lee Lovett

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Rhonda Elkins

Thank you Margaret Mitchell

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When I first read Gone with the wind many years ago at age 25, I had watched the movie many times and loved it. Then when I read the book, I fell in love with it hailing it as the best book I'd ever read in my life. At that time though, I did find the in depth descriptions of the surroundings and of backgrounds of people a little tedious. Other than that, I loved it and my lifelong love of Civil War history was started right then and there. As the years went by and I read so many more books, a few years ago there began to be other books that took the title of "best book" in my eyes, always keeping that great love of GWTW in my heart. However, at age 52, I decided to read it again. It just called to me for some reason. This time, I loved it even so much more than I did then, and what I disliked about it years ago, the descriptive writing of Margaret Mitchell, is one of the things I loved about it most of all. It takes a tremendous amount of talent for a writer to totally immerse the reader into the setting they have created, when they can just see the lush beauty, the red clay, the desolation, the dying wounded, everything that was written, you lived it, smelled it, and felt it. I was in this story from beginning to end, and I lost myself in it completely. It now has rightfully taken its place as my favorite book of all time.

Yes, It is a book where the main character is a selfish, spoiled rich plantation owner's daughter, that lost everything she had that she knew in the world, her home, her parents, many friends, her money, and how she clawed herself back to the top no matter who she ran over or hurt along the way. She is an unlikeable character that you cannot help but like anyway for the sheer will and determination she has to survive. Somewhere along that road of selfishness, she developed a conscience even though she stifled it whenever it reared it's head and went on being ruthless anyway. Also somewhere along the road, she realized that there was a feeling she could not quite identify in her heart about Melanie and Rhett, a feeling she did not realize was love until it was too late to enjoy that love. Oh you knew she was ruthless and hard, but you knew there was some good in her somewhere (was there?) and you rooted for her.

Then there's Rhett. The rebellious, sarcastic, making money at the ruin of others, handsome man that fell in love with her the moment he cast eyes upon her. He was there for her so many times over the years, but she never really appreciated him. He loved her so much, but never let on in words that he did because he knew anyone that admitted they loved her, she would run over like she did so many other poor men that loved her, may they rest in peace. She realized she loved him much too late.

There's Melanie, the mild, sweet shy girl-like woman who Scarlett said she hated because she was Ashley's wife (and of course Scarlett was in love with Ashley). So sweet and mild, she has a fierce loyalty and love for Scarlett, which Scarlett also didn't fully realize until it was too late.

And Ashley, poor pitiful Ashley who she just thought she loved all these years only to finally realize she was In love with an idea of him, not him. She wasted all those years not realizing this, again, until it was too late.

Mixing with all these wonderful characters and more, is a story about the south and how the world they knew was lost. Though it was a world that had many wrongs that should not have happened and that I'm glad was put an end, you can't help but feel their loss, feel the horror as they watched their houses and Atlanta burn to the ground. You feel their hungriness as they have nothing to eat, feel their shame as they have nothing but rags left to wear, feel their bitterness as they are under Yankee rule during the reconstruction.
It's also a story about what different people do to survive. In this case, does one go with the flow and make the best out of a new situation and reap the benefits that they can in the situation they're in, or does one stay loyal to a cause that was burned to the ground and is no more and stay humbled and hungry? Does one sell their soul and prosper at the cost of others? Scarlett took advantage of the situation she was in and it made no difference who she ran over to do it or if she did forget the cause for which a war was fought. However, in the end, I think she realized that to have all she acquired, a very high price was paid for it all.

This book was so great on so many levels, even more that what I've written here. For to go on, it would be way longer that this. I think it's a masterpiece.

I do want to say one more thing, last but not least, about the author Margaret Mitchell. Though this was her only published novel, she did not drop down out of the sky to write this book out of nowhere. Growing up she wrote complete stories all the time as a little girl, was in drama at school, and as a young adult, worked as a journalist until she had to quit due to an ankle injury. She was born into a family rich in civil war history and many of her family had actually fought and lived during the civil war and she sat on many a lap listening to these stories throughout her childhood. She was born, lived and died in the city she wrote about, Atlanta. She knew of what she wrote about and it's historically accurate. She died, unfortunately, at the age of 48, hit by a drunk driver, crossing Peachtree St. (a street mentioned many times in the book), with her husband on the way to the movies. 5 days later she died, she was buried in Oakland Cemetary, (a graveyard mentioned in the book). To me, this book could have never been surpassed and I feel so good knowing that in her short life, she chose to leave this masterpiece for us all to enjoy forever. I, for one, am grateful. Thank you Margaret Mitchell.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 30, 2018

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I bought this book primarily because I am a huge fan of the film. To be honest, I wasn't expecting to be bowled over and sort of imagined a Mills Boon/Jilly Cooper type read - entertaining but not particularly substantial. Well, I was wrong. For context, my usual novels of choice are classics so I was pleasantly surprised to find this wouldn't be completely out of one with those.

First clue is this book actually won the Pultizer Prize - so whilst it's not seen as 'serious' writing in our time, it was considered a masterpiece back in the day, the great American novel, etc. Yes, times were different then but I find it slightly sad that the book's reputation has fallen somewhat. Whilst it probably not 'top tier' next to the greats of Fitzgerald, Salinger, Dickens and so on, it's not a million miles away and to be honest, far better written than a lot of highly acclaimed novels today.

To get over the inevitable - yes the book is racist. The KKK do feature but they are not seem as wholly positive - while some characters are in favour, interestingly our heroine and hero do not think highly of them. Yes, the n word is used and whenever a black person speaks their speech is rendered phonetic which is derogatory (as it's not done for the white people who would also be speaking with an accent). (Although, interesting I believe Bronte does a similar thing in Wuthering Heights with the servants speaking in a phonetic manner and the main characters not and this hasn't received as much comment.)

Racist comments are made about the appearance of some blacks and there are some 'whitewashing' statements around how 'good' black slaves actually like being slaves and would never leave their masters, and the North has corrupted them etc etc. All of this is of course offensive and wrong. However, should we claim a book is 'bad' or ban it or not read it just because we disagree with some of the things it says? Whilst not a defence of these ideals at all, this book was written in a different time (far before the Civil Rights movement) and set in a time even more different (when black people were still 'property'). The ideas represented by the characters and the author themselves are (sadly) indicative of common opinion of the time, and whilst they are wrong and would not and should not be tolerated today, arguably you could not set the book during this period without giving voice to some of these opinions.

As for the writing itself, I found it well written and highly entertaining. Fans of the film will enjoy it I think, on the whole it sticks remarkably close to the plot of the film (even some speech is the same in the film!), although notably Scarlett's first two children are not present in the film (but I think this was the right decision as I don't think they add much in the book to be honest). Yes, the book does drag in some places but saying that a lot of the content is relevant and I think you could probably only cut it down 50-100 pages or so without losing a lot of meaningful writing and events for the characters, which for a book this long I think is quite good.

The characters are all 'real' and fleshed out, with the exception of the annoying Ashley (and the slaves as to be expected, unfortunately). He is slightly ridiculous but this is somewhat forgiven as I think he's meant to be. Rhett is somewhat darker in the book than the film, and some say that Scarlett is as well although actually I find the book makes her somewhat more human as we are privy to her inner thoughts and deep down she is a 'good' character and does a lot of 'bad' things for the right reasons.

Overall, if you're a fan of the film or interested in a fiction of the American south/Civil War this is worth a read. The plot is cracking and whips along, covering a span of twenty odd years and many dramatic events. For a long novel I got through it relatively quickly as it is very readable and highly entertaining.

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A really great novel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 14, 2020

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This is the 3rd time I have read what is a highly complex work which is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, told from the point of view of the civilians of the southern states. Written by a woman in the 1930s the main theme is how the central character starts as a totally selfish 16 year old female & traces her journey to self- knowledge. But it also includes brilliant passages describing a wide range of topics, from the beauty of the countryside to the grief of those learning of the death of friends & relatives at Gettysburg.
It is very frank about the attitudes of the whites towards the blacks on which the easy lifestyle of the rich was based though the two chief male characters, who are very different, both realise that the system could not & should not continue.
But if you what you want is a gripping read don't let these comments put you off!

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Heads-up on editions on Kindle - hence the one-star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 13, 2020

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I'm not even going to attempt to review Margaret Mitchell's masterpiece. Suffice it to say I could not but read it start to finish non-stop. And slept much of the following day! A brilliant tour de force.
The rating I have awarded relates purely to the readability of one particular edition on Kindle.
It would have been a more comfortable read if I'd chosen a different version on kindle from that produced by Delhi Open Books. That's the one which, at Sept 2020, has a lurid blue, purple and black cover, with an unattractive mix of upper and lower case typography in the title.
The layout of the Delhi OB text is sloppy to say the least, so that it is not easy to tell who is saying what: you really have to look out for opening and closing inverted commas. The text is also not justified. That in itself is not necessarily a detraction, but there' are some very ragged unnattractive RH edges, not to mention unnecessarily broken lines.
And variable spacing between words mid-line introduces disconcerting hiccups in the narrative, which had me wondering at times about a hidden meaning in a sentence. You'd be surprised just how subliminally meaningful can be a double space between words - rather like a deliberate pause can be in spoken speech.
I can't immediately find an instance of double spaces, but to see what I mean about the broken lines and jumbled conversations, do a *Look Inside* first in the Delhi Books version and then, say, in the Vintage Books kindle edition or that published by Scribner with the preface by Pat Conroy. (Other versions are available). You will find a world of difference. A good spot to look early on in the book starts just before and continues after the first mention of "Miss Pitty" ... "Miss Pitty who?" ... "Miss Pittypat Hamilton" ... in Chapter 1.
As the conversations intensify with the plot, the jumbling becomes more and more distracting.
In short, if you don't want to find your enjoyment of GWTW marred by a stuttering layout, avoid the Delhi OB kindle version.

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Gripping, beautiful and devastating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 6, 2018

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I was a bit dubious about this, as it's not my usual thing and I've somehow gone a lifetime without seeing the whole movie all the way through, but bought it on a friend's recommendation. Was totally rapt. A truly ripping yarn, epic love story, and evocative nostalgia for times and places lost to history (if they ever truly existed at all). I particularly enjoyed the foreword in this edition as a context-setter before starting: it made a sensitive but affectionate critique of the book, it's status as cultural capital, and the legions of devotees who have made it famous.

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Best book ever

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 27, 2019

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I first read this book 55 years ago. It was the first book i read from start to finish. I have since read this book some four or five times. I had not read this book for about 20 years. I recently found it on my kindle and decided to read it again. It did not disappoint. It is still as fresh as ever what a fantastic book. I am now an avid reader and have read hundreds of books by many different authors. This book still is my favourite. Anyone reading this book for the first time is in for a treat. Enjoy!

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