Gone With the Wind

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	Gone With the Wind
	by Margaret Mitchell Sales Rank: 3869	~~List Price: $28.00~~ $18.48 At Amazon on 6-21-2008.

*Features* Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1048 pages Published by: Scribner September 1, 1936 Written in: English ISBN 10 Number: 068483068X ISBN 13 Number: 978-0684830681 Book Dimensions: 8.2 x 6 x 2.2 inches Weighs: 2.6 pounds *Product Review* Sometimes only remembered for the epic motion picture and "Frankly I don't give a damn," Gone with the Wind was initially a compelling and entertaining novel. It was the sweeping story of tangled passions and the rare courage of a group of people in Atlanta during the time of Civil War that brought those cinematic scenes to life. The reason the movie became so popular was the strength of its characters--Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, and Ashley Wilkes--all created here by the deft hand of Margaret Mitchell, in this, her first novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The New York Times Book Review This is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. *Reader Reviews* I'm a literary snob, I'll admit it. I've read all the classics, and I even know some Literary Theory. Gone With the Wind? Pul-lease, racist, sexist, revanchist trash, made popular by all the young woman dreaming of being Scarlett and having both their Rhett and Ashley. Cheerleader fare. Escapist. WRONG! Gone with the Wind is an American War & Peace. This is serious literature, which won the Pulitzer prize, no less. Most people don't see past the epic plot (which isn't as cut and dried as you may think) or the love story, but this is no less than a successfull attempt to reclaim a discarded culture. It is not about crinoline and lace, it it about the Apocalypse and how losers of the counter-revolution must learn to live in a place where all their politics, personal or civil, are demolished. Scarlett O'Hara is popular because she is an American, driven, materialistic, sentimental and utterly ruthless. Rhett Bulter is the tragic character of this book; the way of life and ideals he disdained are killing him, and he suffers like no one else in this post-apocalyptic landscape. His departure at the end is an act of contrition as much as a romantic failure; he had tried to recreate the materialism of the ante-bellum world, but negeclected the spirituality (such as it is) of men like Ashley Wilkes. Both men, the dreamer and the realist end up alone in a very sterile place. This book is proto-feminist as well. Scarlett survives, even as everything around her dies, but in the end, she too is alone. Don't dumb this masterpiece down. The movie fails to capture even a tenth of the depth here. And that awful sequel! Caused by the mistake that this book is some kind of romance novel. This is Art, and you can't stick a new ending on it, any more than you can a great painting or musical composition. Comments (3) \| \| (Report this) Back To Top
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