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Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind
Author: Margaret Mitchell
Here are the characters that have become symbols of passion and desire: darkly handsome Rhett Butler and flirtatious Scarlett O'Hara. Behind them stand their gentler counterparts: Ashley Wilkes and Melanie Hamilton. — As the lives and affairs of these absorbing characters play out against the tumult of the Civil War, Gone With the Wind reache...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780380001095
ISBN-10: 0380001098
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: 1,024
Rating:
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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4.4 stars, based on 251 ratings
Publisher: Avon Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 2
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mahbaar avatar reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 111 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 16
I read this book with a group for an online read-along. I was really surprized how much I enjoyed reading this book! If you've seen the movie, you will still like the book, as there was a lot cut out for the movie. The motives of Scarlett are very clear, and we see the Civil War almost entirely through her eyes. There is very little of the book that is written from the viewpoints of the others. This allows us to be surprised by the events in the book.

One warning, though. This book is written from the point of view of the southern white aristocracy, and there is a lot of overt racism in the book. So if that sort of thing will bother you (even if it's appropriate for the times and characters in the book), I wouldn't recommend it.
CapeCodStacey avatar reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 60 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
My all-time favorite book. I have at least three copies. I'm so happy to share this. Although this book is billed as a love story, it doesn't read like a typical sappy love story at all. There is so much more to it. Scarlett O'Hara is one of the most unlikable characters ever, but you can't help rooting for her. What she goes through is unbelievable. Rhett Butler is the bad boy with the heart of gold.
kathyk avatar reviewed Gone With the Wind on
Helpful Score: 3
The love story of Rhett and Scarlet is a five star keeper, imho. The history is biased, but interesting. Nothing bored me with this story, but you have to take into consideration that it was written in the 1920's and 1930's(I believe it took the author more than 10 years to write) about the South during the Civil War from a strictly Southern point of view. Still, the love story is so captivating, and the characters in the book are so interesting, I would categorize this as a classic novel.
MoirasMommy avatar reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 32 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I've read this book more times than I can count. I've gone through 4 copies, and I love it every single time. So much better than the movie!
lisaofva avatar reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Wonderful saga of a Southern woman and her familie's struggle during the beginning of the civil war. Scarlett O'Hara's struggles with men and survival after the war are timeless and famous because of the movie epic'Gone With the Wind'. If you've seen the movie, you'll love the book!
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reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 515 more book reviews
An excellent book on history and romance.
kellilee avatar reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 66 more book reviews
Once I got over the shock of the racist language and settled down into the time period in which this book is set (1860s), I was absolutely carried away by Margaret Mitchell's story. Multiple times throughout the book I thought to myself: "There is no wonder this book won the Pulitzer Prize. It deserved it!" The character development was absolutely fantastic. This is so very evident when you read the reviews. How else could readers form such strong opinions? I was also thrilled with the history lessons on the Civil War and Reconstruction in the South that were woven throughout the story. As a resident of the South, I immensely enjoy southern fiction and this novel shoots to the top of my list of favorites.
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This happens to be one of my all time favorite movies and I thought it might be fun to have the book as well.I am not usually a lover of big books but this one will be a lot of fun to read.
merina avatar reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 31 more book reviews
My favorite book of all time! Such great writing!!
reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 41 more book reviews
How could you not love this book?! One of my absolute favorites!
reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 93 more book reviews
Probably the best novel I have ever read.
reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 3 more book reviews
hello classic....read it over and over and over ...cant touch the movie but excellent to watch too
reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 5 more book reviews
LOVE LOVE LOVE, this book. Scarlett is great too! If you want to know things about the civil war without reading a history book this book is great for you. It is long...but I have read and reread it!
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I read this book almost cover to cover as a teenager when I lived in the South. I had already seen the movie by then, which is still a classic. But, with a 4 plus hourr screen time (pre mini-series), the director had to leave major parts of the plot out.

Scarlett O'Hara is probably the most compelling heroine ever written, and the story is nothing less than epic. But, with 30 years gone by and a major move to Seattle, the language does make me uncomfortable. If high school children could be forced to read a 500 page book, the same controversy would ensue with "GWTW" as we've seen with "Huckleberry Finn".

Alexandra Ripley modified most of the language in the contracted-for sequel. While the plot wasn't as good because it was just too tidy, the writing did make me less uncomfortable.

Soo, just take the book in context and it should be a compelling read.
reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 111 more book reviews
A classic! Great read!
reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 30 more book reviews
One of my all time favorites! What really needs to be said about this classic?
EllaMinnowPeas avatar reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 69 more book reviews
An American Classic
JoJo46580 avatar reviewed Gone With the Wind on + 65 more book reviews
Loved it....A true classic!
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, inspiration for the most popular motion picture ever made, this flaming epic of Civil War and Reconstruction is the most widely read American novel ever written.


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