Gone with the Wind

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Summary: Remarkable
Review: After seeing the movie, I just had to read the novel. Although parts vary from what they are in the movie, it doesn't at all take away from the magic in Margaret Mitchell's words. I see Scarlett as someone I would want to be be. A woman who's strong, beautiful, and vain... and gets away with it. Rhett Butler is the epitimy of what a man should be. He's romantic and keeps you wondering what he's going to do next. All of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler's trials and happy moments are what makes Gone With the Wind the classic that it is. Mitchell's way of describing the brave (but horrible) downfall of the South is extrodinary. Anyone who loves romance, wit, and adventure should definitely read Gone With the Wind!

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Summary: Wonderful classical story
Review: This book is the best book I have read in a long time.Although I first saw the movie, I was enchated with the book.Gone with the wind takes place around 1862, when the civil war strikes in The United States and tells the story and problems that Scarlett O'hara had to face.She is a spoiled and stubborn woman and that's why she never realizes the love she feels for Rhett Butler.Both of the main characters are stubborn persons,they love each other but in the same time they distrust their feelings.Rhett believed that Scarlett was in love with Ashley Wilkes and she believe he spent his time with another woman.Their distrust makes tem try to hurt each other in every way and they never get time to tell their feelings. The story is sad,romantic,historical and wonderfully written and the end surprises every one who read it.I completely loved this story and I recommended it to everyone who wants to read a true book.This classical novel will bring you to a world where you never imagined you could be when you read a book.There will never be a book such as.... GONE WITH THE WIND.

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Summary: THE GREATEST BOOK EVER PUBLISHED
Review: Your initial reaction after seeing the movie is, "How could this be any better than the movie?". But when you start in on the 1,000+ page epic. Your questions are answered in a few short paragraphs. Mitchell did her research and managed to produce on of the finest authoring efforts the history of American literature has ever seen. She managed to intertwine bits of her own life into the novel and provided her readers with a brilliant pallet of realistic characters. If there is any book that could make a reader weep, this is it. However, you have to keep warm while reading this to keep the goosebumps down.

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Summary: The best of its kind
Review: While I admit to not being a fan of the romance genre, Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" towers above its imitators in style and substance. Set in the Atlanta area during the Civil War era, Mitchell's story exemplifies the proper writing of historical fiction, with painstaking accuracy of language, mannerisms, and morals. The war itself is also presented as it should be presented - in full color and with all its moral ambiguity, rather than the black-and-white presentation that so often is the norm in modern discourse.

Mitchell's painting of southern culture and the all-encompassing war, however, serve only as the background for one of the most poignant love stories ever written. Following the life and loves of the willful Scarlett O'Hara, the work delves straight into the meaning and nature of love. Torn between her now-married childhood love, Ashley, and the outcast Rhett Butler, and in dogged pursuit of financial success after the devastating war, Scarlett lives a life of emotion and passion that few fictional characters have rivalled.

Though this work is quite long, it is a very easy read. The style is light and brisk, the language uncomplicated except in the heavy dialect of the blacks, and the story compelling. "Gone with the Wind" is a great book, a great movie, and perhaps the greatest love story ever told. Highly recommended.

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Summary: thuroghly romantic, chilling, and VERY well written
Review: This is an amazing book. Suspensfull, and romantic, i was hooked by the first chapter. This classic story is the romantic tale of Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler, the strong, smart women of the civil war. The book tells the story of her growth as a person, her strength, her willfullness, and is an ongoing source of delight, tears, and endless romance. I recommened it to everyone and anyone. It is my very favorite book. Margaret Mitchell weaves a colorful and expressive masterpiece, and i am all praise! Read this book!

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Summary: Gone With The Wind
Review: a book about romance usually bores me. It's no more than datings and marriages and divorces and remarries and who loves who. But definitely not this one. Mitchell has set an example on how to write a great romantic novel. And it's not merely a romance, it's a historical romance. And Mitchell was not merely an author, either, she was a historian. I see this book from three perspective; as a reader, a woman, and a college student majoring in International Relations. As a reader, I surely recommend this book to anyone, especially those interested in Civil War, American History and last but not least, romance. But one small tip, you might consider reading this book during your long break, since it's hard to put it down. As a woman, I view Scarlett O'Hara is a pure material girl, until life gives her valuable lessons about losing all the people she actually loves all her life that she did not realize before. But Mitchell created a good balance by adding a lot of good personality traits; hard working, courageous and brave. I admire especially her fast maturity she got after the O'Haras lost their once prosperous plantation and her high ambition to bring it back to a great plantation after Civil War did a damage to it. Also, Scarlett values richness not just for the money and pleasure it brings, although she did say several times that money is the most valuable thing in life. She also values richness to satisfy her dreams to see the world. As a Southern woman ( well-bred too ) on her time, Scarlett surely was one of the few who values brain beside beauty , which she shows by running her second husband's store and lumber yard and not a bit pay any attentions to other Atlanta ladies who despise her. Scarlett might be full of airs and graces, but she keeps it in the right place and the right time. Thirdly, as an international relations student, this book is qualified as a history book on the Civil War. Mitchell added a great deal of details not only about Civil War but also about slavery, which brought me to give more credits to her. A lot of book about slavery in the South view black slaves only as those who were looked down by their white masters. But not in Gone With The Wind.Mitchell viewed them as part of the family who had their white masters' full trust, like Pork, Mammy and Uncle Peter. It is the first time I found out that they also had something as social status in those days by being owned by different kind of white masters.

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Summary: Gone With The Wind is the Best Book of All Time
Review: Review of Gone With the Wind By Chris Williams

The novel ''Gone With the Wind'', by Margaret Mitchell, is one of the stories that has stood the test of time and is still loved by many people. It is used as a building block for many modern love and war stories. This story is about war and about a woman's struggle to obtain the man she loves, or the one she thinks she loves. The main character, Scarlet O'hara has an inner conflict of who she loves, while a civil war goes on around her. It's a traggic story of how she marries men while thinking she loves another, Ashley Wilkes. The other main character, Rhett Butler, really does love Scarlet more than anyone else, but when Scarlet finally realizes that she loves Rhett, and not Ashley, it's too late and he leaves her. Both Rhett and Scarlet are very selvish throughout the story. Rhett's only concern is how much money he can make off of the war, and all Scarlett cares about is trying to win Ashley's heart away from his wife, Melanie Hamilton. This plot kept me reading and it kept me very intrigued, I kept wanting to see what else would happen to keep Scarlet from realizing she loved Rhett. Scarlet's struggle and the loss of her and Rhett's daughter Bonnie were key factors in keeping this story exciting. I think anyone should read this book, boys or girls could enjoy this classic novel about love and war. It is one of the best books I have ever read in my life.

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Summary: Great book, just one problem...
Review: This is a great book, I borrowed it from the library twice and then decided to just go ahead and buy it. I bought the paperback version, which is great to read, but my only problem was it falls apart. After reading through about 2 chapters, and only one week of owning the book, the paper had separated from the back. I definitely would recommend the book, only get the hardback one.

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Summary: Gone With The Wind Took my Breath Away!
Review: Ever since reading Gone with the wind in sixth grade, it has been my favorite book! It is fun and easy to read. Margret Michell knew how to perfectly balance a story with seriousness and pure comic relief. The story takes place during a rough time in the South, The American Civil War. Scarlet is devoted to the Cofederate cause, or at least at sometimes she seems to be. At other times she appears to be more devoted to herself. Rhett Butler, the other main character could care less about the outcome of the war, as long as he is benefiting from the finanical booms it results in. Both the characters are so equally stubborn making them perfect for eachother, but neither of them can see this until it may be too late.

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Summary: The Best Book Ever
Review: My paper back is barely going to withstand another reading since I have nearly worn it out. I actually read the book before seeing the movie. I was very disappointed! The movie made Scarlett seem so evil, but in the book she depicted more as a strong woman who did what she had to do to survive. The only thing that would be better than reading this book again, would be to have the audio version so I could listen to it in the car.