Gone With the Wind

Hardcover, 1037 pages

English language

Published March 25, 1964 by Macmillan Company.

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978-0-02-585390-4
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Heralded by readers everywhere as the Great American Novel since its publication in 1936 as the Great American Novel, GONE WITH THE WIND explores the depths of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the bluff red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it brings the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction vividly to life.

This is the tale of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled, ruthless daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War sweep away the life for which her upbringing has prepared her. After the fall of Atlanta she returns to the plantation and by stubborn shrewdness saves her home from both Sherman and the carpetbaggers. But in the process she hardens. She has neared starvation and she vows never to be hungry again.

In these vivid pages live the unforgettable …

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