Gone with the Wind

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Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936 The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well to do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman s March to the Sea A historical novel, the story is a Bildungsroman or coming of age story, with the title taken from a poem written by Ernest Dowson Gone with the Wind was popular with American readers from the onset and was the top American fiction bestseller in the year it was published and in 1937 As of 2014, a Harris poll found it to be the second favorite book of American readers, just behind the Bible More than 30 million copies have been printed worldwide. Free Read Kindle ePUB Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell – kino-fada.fr It takes guts to make your main character spoiled, selfish, and stupid, someone without any redeeming qualities, and write an epic novel about her But it works for two reasons First of all you wait for justice to fall its merciless blow with one of the most recognized lines in cinema frankly my dear, I don t give a damn , but you end with a broken and somewhat repentant character and you can t be pitiless Secondly, if you were going to parallel the beautiful, affluent, lazy, spirited South It takes guts to make your main character spoiled, selfish, and stupid, someone without any redeeming qualities, and write an epic novel about her But it works for two reasons First of all you wait for justice to fall its merciless blow with one of the most recognized lines in cinema frankly my dear, I don t give a damn , but you end with a broken and somewhat repentant character and you can t be pitiless Secondly, if you were going to parallel the beautiful, affluent, lazy, spirited South being conquered by the intellectual, industrious North, what better way to do that than with characters who embody those characteristics You come to feel a level of sadness that the South and Scarlett lost their war and hope that they will rebuild.I enjoyed the picture of pre war South outside of what you learn in history class approved by the nation that won the war If the South had won, we would have an entirely different picture painted A story of lush lands an...I honestly do not know whether to give this book 5 stars for being one of the most completely engrossing, shocking, and emotionally absorbing pieces of literature ever written, or to give it 0 stars for being the most tragic, unendingly upsetting, disturbing book I ve ever read I read the last 50 pages or so literally with my mouth wide open, unable to believe that it was really going to be THAT tragically sad When I finally finished, I walked downstairs in a daze, handed the book to my husban I honestly do not know whether to give this book 5 stars for being one of the most completely engrossing, shocking, and emotionally absorbing pieces of literature ever written, or to give it 0 stars for being the most tragic, unendingly upsetting, ...One of my reading themes for 2016 is reading at least ten classic books It seems only fitting that on the Fourth of July I completed Margaret Mitchell s Gone With the Wind, an epic masterpiece that many view as the definitive great American novel I feel that the two halves of the book mirror the southern United States before and after the Civil War The first half of the book occurs primarily at Tara Plantation We meet our main protagonist Scarlett O Hara, the belle of the south, who epitomiz One of my reading themes for 2016 is reading at least ten classic books It seems only fitting that on the Fourth of July I completed Margaret Mitchell s Gone With the Wind, an epic mas...I ve said it some time ago GWTW the novel is like watching the ten hour director s cut of GWTW the movie Hell yeah All the memorable scenes are there, the spotlit romance is considerably widened in scope, as is the sturdy social studies lesson on the almighty American Civil War I mean, everyone has the basic idea correct the South took a tremendous thrashing But having the loser s POV take the ...So much has been said in praise of this book it feels redundant to addIn terms of the slave holding society, the film actually toned down the pro South view of Reconstruction Scarlett s second husband joined the KKK in the book and Mammy remains probably one of the most fully developed and likeable African American characters from 1930 you ll read Rhett Butler is the consummate alpha male This book is definitely the timeless classic reputation it has earned, and though at times it see So much has been said in praise of this book it feels redundant to addIn terms of the slave holding society, the film actually toned down the pro South view of Reconstruction Scarlett s second husband joined the KKK in the book and Mammy remains probably one of the most fully developed and likeable African American characters from 1930 you ll read Rhett Butler is the consummate alpha male This book is definitely the timeless classic reputation it has earned, and though at times it seemed like the longest book ever, it is all worth it in the end It touches on many misunderstood aspects of the civil war and its afterwords What many people do not realize is how horrible it really was for Southerners after the war, mostly because they cannot get past the racism of the times which it wasn t as if the North was full of equality and peace, either If you can accept the times for what they were, ...I received my copy of Gone With the Wind in 1991 and never got past the first 50 or 100 pages in any of my annual attempts at this books until 2004, at which point I decided to defeat the book one and for all I FINALLY FINISHED READING THE DAMN BOOK.I want my time back.There was a reason I never before read past the first 50 or 100 pages Scarlet is a raging evil snarky miserable bitch and I hate her None of the other characters were particularly likable ranging from sniveling, whiny sissie I received my copy of Gone With the Wind in 1991 and never got past the first 50 or 100 pages in any of my annual attempts at this books until 2004, at which point I decided to defeat the book one and for all I FINALLY FINISHED READING THE DAMN BOOK.I want my time back.There was a reason I never before read past the first 50 or 100 pages Scarlet is a raging evil snarky miserable bitch and I hate her None of the other characters were particularly likable rang...My mother wouldn t let me read Gone With the Wind until I was 16 A few years ago I was at a cocktail party and they asked the trivia question What was the first line of GWtW I knew the answer My husband asked, How did you know that He d lived with me how many decades I told him about my mom s restriction and how, when I finally opened the book, I was stunned by the first sentence I had seen the movie and Scarlett was beautiful, if a bitch I also remember it because everyone always My mother wouldn t let me read Gone With the Wind until I was 16 A few years ago I was at a cocktail party and they asked the trivia question What was the first line of GWtW I knew the answer My husband asked, How did...6 29 16 UPDATE I have since watched the movie and although I really liked the movie, it doesn t hold a candle to the book But you can imagine that a book this size can t be put into one movie sitting And where the book made me cry a lot, the movie didn t.I spent over 12 hours today finishing this book 1037 pages 1 Because I wanted to know what was going to happen 2 I have no sort of life so I can do this from time to time.I can not believe it took me so long to read this book I didn t t 6 29 16 UPDATE I have since watched the movie and although I really liked the movie, it doesn t hold a candle to the book But you can imagine that a book this size can t be put into one movie sitting And where the book made me cry a lot, the movie didn t.I spent over 12 hours today finishing this book 1037 pages 1 Because I wanted to know what was going to happen 2 I have no sort of life so I can do this from time to time.I can not believe it took me so long to read this book I didn t think it would be my kind of book and I have never watched the movie I did order the blu ray ontoday because I have to see it soon I must say that GOODREADS has been ...There s an episode of The Simpsons where Apu, the Indian owner of the Kwik E Mart, takes the American citizenship test Apu, who throughout the episode has demonstrated a much stronger grasp of American history than any of the American born characters, is at the oral exam stage of the test His examiner, a bored white guy, is asking the questions, and the following exchange occurs BORED WHITE GUY Okay, last question what was the cause of the Civil War APU Actually, there were numerous caus There s an episode of The Simpsons where Apu, the Indian owner of the Kwik E Mart, takes the American citizenship test Apu, who throughout the episode has demonstrated a much stronger grasp of American history than any of the American born characters, is at the oral exam stage of the test His examiner, a bored white guy, is asking the questions, and the following exchange occurs BORED WHITE GUY Okay...I don t like reviewing overly popular, classic books because let s face it, whatcan be said regarding a book that 8,720 Goodreads reviewers haven t already covered, from 1 star through 5 star opinions So I ll just say that I read this novel for the first time when I was only about 14 years old And re read it, and re read it, and re read it again several times until around age 18 And then I never picked it up again until age 48 that s 30 years of reading silence for those of you mathamat I don t like reviewing overly popular, classic books because let s face it, whatcan be said regarding a book that 8,720 Goodreads reviewers haven t already covered, from 1 star through 5 star opinions So I ll just say that I read this novel for the first time ...

Gone with the Wind
  • English
  • 13 March 2017
  • Paperback
  • 1037 pages
  • 0446675539
  • Margaret Mitchell
  • Gone with the Wind