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Set in 1860’s Atlanta, Georgia, Gone
with the Wind follows the story of the seventeen-year-old
Scarlett O’Hara, the eldest of three daughters living a
life of luxury on their father’s plantation. But then
President Lincoln demands the end of slavery in the South
and the Civil War begins. Scarlett’s incredible journey
through both the war and the peace is mirrored in her
turbulent relationship with Rhett Butler, whose actions
always defy prediction. Their story spans ten years and
mingles romantic ecstasy with tragic grief, as the life
these people once knew disappears, for better or worse: gone
with the wind.
Gone with the Wind, published in 1936, is one of the best
selling novels of the 20th century and won Margaret Mitchell
the Pulitzer Prize. Three year’s later in 1939, the film
adaptation made box office history as the highest grossing
film of all time and is still regarded as one of the
greatest American classics.
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