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It was an instant success, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937 and continues to be perhaps the greatest epic American romance ever written. Gone with the Wind celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2011.
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- Gone With the Wind - Literature Resource CenterFind reviews and overviews of the book plus critical essays and biography articles of the author.
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- Original New York Times Rview from June 30, 1936“Gone With the Wind is a historical romance. The happy ante-bellum days an light-opera, in tone, packed with gallant and conventional dialog ("they'll have to fight or stand branded as cowards before the whole world") and conventional characters
..." Ralph Thompson. "Books of the Times" New York Times, 30 June 1936. - Gone With The Wind - WikipediaWell documented site offers a plot discussion, character descriptions and a detailed list of Civil War battles mentioned in the book. Trivia, quotes and more.
- Margaret Mitchell HouseOperated by the Atlanta History Center, the Margaret Mitchell House features guided tours of the apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind, a Gone With the Wind movie exhibition and the Margaret Mitchell gift shop.
- The Second Favorite Book among Different GroupsWhile The Bible is number one among each of the different demographic groups, there is a large difference in the number two favorite book. For men, that belongs to Lord of the Rings while women cite Gone with the Wind as their number two.
- Gone With the Wind - New Georgia EncyclopediaThe book "occupies an important place in any history of twentieth-century American literature." Nice analysy with links to Georgia and Southern history.
- Quotations Related to Gone with the Wind"Gone with the Wind is a 1939 film about a manipulative woman and a roguish man who carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction."
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