![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quick Book Thoughts:įirst of all, let me say that I loved the book. More than 30 million copies have been printed worldwide. As of 2014, a Harris poll found it to be the second favorite book of American readers, just behind the Bible. Gone with the Wind was popular with American readers from the onset and was the top American fiction bestseller in the year it was published and in 1937. A historical novel, the story is a Bildungsroman or coming-of-age story, with the title taken from a poem written by Ernest Dowson. 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 the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance, Classic Literature Published by Grand Central Publishing on 1936 I’ve decided to change things up a bit and discuss how the two compare (especially for those of you who have only seen the movie). Since writing that review, I’ve seen the movie. ![]() My emotions were all over the place because I loved the book yet hated it all at the same time. So this post was originally a book review of Gone With the Wind, but I’ll be honest, it was terrible. ![]()
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