About the Book: Gone with the Wind
First published in 1936, Gone With the Wind quickly became a landmark of
American literature, earning Margaret Mitchell the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in
1937. More than a romantic epic, the novel serves as a sweeping chronicle of the
Civil War and Reconstruction, immersing readers in the disintegration of a way
of life and the unyielding drive to endure amid loss. At its centre stands
Scarlett OHara, whose ambition and willpower defy the confines of her society
while entangling her in one of literatures most complicated relationships—with
Rhett Butler. Known for both its scale and its intimacy, the