About this title: Published in 1936, GONE WITH THE WIND sold 50,000 copies on its first day, and two million after a year. Even though it is 1,037 pages long, readers all over the world snatched up the book; by 1937 it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the movie rights had been sold to David O. Selznick. Mitchell prided herself on the historical accuracy of her ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1936
Description: Good. 1037 p.; 22 cm. "Published May 1936"--Verso of t.p. Actual publication of the 1st ed. was delayed to June 30, 1936. Cf. Gone with the wind as book and film / Richard Harwell. c1983. P. [xv]. LC copy has dust jacket. Newspaper clipping from the Parade se read more
Edition: Motion picture ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillian Company, New York
Date Published: 1936
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. 391 p. : col. plates; 25 cm. "Complete edition"--Cover. "Grosset & Dunlap"--Spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1936
Description: Very Good. 1037 p.; 22 cm. "Published May 1936"--Verso of t.p. Actual publication of the 1st ed. was delayed to June 30, 1936. Cf. Gone with the wind as book and film / Richard Harwell. c1983. P. [xv]. LC copy has dust jacket. Newspaper clipping from the Parade se read more
Description: Good. Tight Spine. Sharp corners. Yellowing pages. Cover has small chips and some wear along the edges; inside of front cover shows some deterioration. Pages are clean and tight. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: AVON PUBLISHERS OF BARD, CAMeLOT AND DISCUSS BOOKS
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780380426973ISBN:0380426978
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. 20th printing. Has shelf wear and spine creasing. Front Cover torn and taped. Page yellowing due to age of book. (33 years) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780380001095ISBN:0380001098
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
Edition: 26th Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, Inc
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. Pocket 12502. January 1968. 1st printing. Spine creased. Covers are soiled with edge wear. Page browning. Cover has title on blue background. Movie mentioned on back cover but considered the MTI edition by Wadle. read more
"This was an excellent book which I have read many times. It takes place during the Civil War & centers around one southern belle & her life and loves & wants. I bought this for my daughter-in-law."
"Gone with the Wind has had such phenomenal world popularity over the decades and has been reviewed so many times, that I am sure the world is not waiting for my comments. However, as this is one of my all-time favorite books, I really feel the need to put in some of the reasons for my five-start rating. Gone with the Wind has never been included in the realm of great literature, probably because of its sheer readability and compelling narration that kept most of us as teen-agers turning pages furiously through the wee-small hours of the night. But, then again, Les Miserables, which takes place in approximately the same time period, is not considered great literature, either (certainly not anything in the realm of its contemporaries Madame Bovary or Le Rouge et le Noir), for basically the same reasons. But Victor Hugo is deservedly recognized as a great man of letters for his other works, especially his poetry. One can only wonder why Margaret Mitchell, who lived several years after the publication of her great tour de force, did not bless the rest of us with more literary works, some of which may well have leapt into a higher level of literary luminescence. Great literature standards aside, Gone with the Wind is a marvelous book because of its wonderful characters, so realistic and well developed, and the sheer breadth of its scope. We all studied in school about slavery, the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, the resoration period, the carpet-baggers, etc., but this story really makes that period of history come alive through the involvement of its vivid characters in these monumental events as well as their everyday activities in the 19th-century American South--cuisine, fashion, manners, taboos, etc.. From the very first line of the book, "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom noticed it when caught in her charms as the Tarlton boys were" to the very last line, "I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day!" the story crackles with intensity, deep meaning, and superior reader appeal, and makes us care about these people and how they will fare through all the tragedy and difficulty that war, depression, and readjustment to an entirely different post-war world thurst upon them. Ashley Wilkes may not be the strongest or most admirable character in the novel, but one really feels for the type of person he is--raised in a world that had a certain kind of dreaminess and symetry--like Greek art--where he could "quietly watch life go by, never really being a part of it." Ashley realizes after his brave service in the Confederate Army that such rich, plantation life is over forever (hence, the title, which is never really explained in the book, only hinted at). Now, Ashley and many like him have been catapulted into world in which they will never really fit. Splitting rails in the windswept orchard of Tara--work for which he will never be suited--Ashley tells Scarlett that their former world of plantations and slavery is facing a kind of Gotterdammerung--a twilight of the gods--an aftermath of war wherein only the strong will survive and the weak will be winnowed out. Ashley is perceptive enough to recognize how close he is to personal destruction because his world is now gone. How Scarlett and others keep from being winnowed out is not always a admirable story, but certainly an inspirational tale of determination and survival. One always remembers Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley, Melanie, Mammy, and the hysterical Prissy, but other characters push the action along as well--Gerald O'Hara, faithful Pork, silly Aunt Pittypat, haughty Dolly Merriweather, Frank Kennedy, and Belle Watling, the good-hearted madam and as good a Confederate patriot as there ever was. I also like Archie, who was left out of the four-hour film, but is still an interesting example of survival and unyielding loyalty to a cause. Great book, great read, great entertainment. The film is wonderful, but not enough. Grab the long, printed saga, and enjoy!"
"....And I have read a lot of books. Not only do I love the characters, but the history being from Georgia all my life and part Irish. I know where and what she is talking about. No one can really understand what is like to be truly Southern and have a love for one's land. "The land is the only thing that will really last and is worth fighting for" how true those words have rang. I also love Scarlett because like me she has contempt for societies rules for ladies. She finds no satisfaction in being a wife and mother, she does not feel she should bow to every man's ideas and pretend to not have her own. I know her feelings because they are my own. It is strange how little things have changed in respect to a woman's place."
"One book I can honestly say that I enjoyed less than the movie. In Margaret Mitchell's book Scarlett has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I spent the better part of the book wanting to slap her silly."
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