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.