By: Margaret Mitchell, Pat Conroy (Foreword by)

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Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time.

Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as "Gone With the Wind" does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling portraits of characters so vivid that we remember their words and feel their fear and hunger for the rest of our lives.

In the two main characters, the white-shouldered, irresistible Scarlett and the flashy, contemptuous Rhett, Margaret Mitchell not only conveyed a timeless story of survival under the harshest of circumstances, she also created two of the most famous lovers in the English-speaking world since Romeo and Juliet.

About the Author

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, popularly known as Margaret Mitchell, was an American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel, Gone with the Wind, published in 1936. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 28 million copies. An American film adaptation, released in 1939, became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood, and received a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.

In The Press

"Fascinating and unforgettable! A remarkable book, a spectacular book, a book that will not be forgotten!"-- "Chicago Tribune"

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

"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"

Other Reviews
"Let's say you've read "Gone with the Wind" at least twice, and seen the movie over and again. So, here's a thought. Buy this handsome paperback edition, just for Pat Conroy's preface. This passionate, nearly breathless love letter is a Song of Solomon to Margaret Mitchell, Scarlett O'Hara, and Conroy's beautiful, GTW-obsessed mother. Indeed, his luminous preface packs a durable wallop, just like the epic Pulitzer prize-winning work that inspires it." -- Jan Karon, author of "The Mitford Years" series

ISBN: 9781416548942
ISBN-10: 1416548947
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 1448
Published: 20th May 2008
Dimensions (cm): 17.272 x 10.82  x 5.74
Weight (kg): 0.612