Gone with the Wind - Mitchell, Margaret
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Gone with the Wind takes place 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 poverty following the destruction of the Civil War. Scarlett lives through an extreme reversal of fortune and wealth, as she searches for love and happiness. Gone with the Wind was popular with American readers from the outset and was the top American fiction bestseller in 1936 and 1937. As of 2014, a Harris poll found it to be the second…mehr

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Gone with the Wind takes place 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 poverty following the destruction of the Civil War. Scarlett lives through an extreme reversal of fortune and wealth, as she searches for love and happiness. Gone with the Wind was popular with American readers from the outset and was the top American fiction bestseller in 1936 and 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. Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel in 1937.
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Margaret Mitchell, born in Atlanta in 1900, was deeply influenced by her Southern upbringing and family stories of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Her fascination with history and her passion for storytelling shaped her work as a journalist and novelist. Despite her tomboyish childhood, she developed a love for reading and writing from an early age.In the 1920s, Mitchell began writing Gone with the Wind, a novel that would become one of the most celebrated and controversial works in American literature. Published in 1936, the book won the Pulitzer Prize and remains a monumental depiction of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Its complex characters and epic narrative continue to captivate readers worldwide.Tragically, Mitchell's life was cut short in 1949 when she was struck by a car in Atlanta. Despite her brief literary career, her legacy endures through her iconic novel, which has left a lasting impact on American culture and historical memory.