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Summary: Even better than the movie!
Review: This is a great novel. Do not let its success fool you into thinking it isn't that good. I won't repeat the many positive reviews here. Just let me add one note: the book has an extraordinary amount of cynicism in it which is startling at first but makes perfect sense as this novel is about the destruction of all that is good by men-on a large scale, the south's destruction, on a smaller scale, the destruction of Rhett's love by the vices and selfishness of Scarlett.
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Summary: Magnificent sweeping historical novel
Review: I have read Gone With the Wind 16 times(I'm eleven yrs. old)and it still ties for my favorite book(with The Mists of Avalon) I know all anyone would ever want to know about the movie(and a lot more besides)and plenty about the book. The ending is perfect and appropriate for the story, the characters are interesting, tightly intertwined into the story, and so real it feels like I am standing there in a hoop skirt and corset whenever I read the book(my waist constricts and everything)
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Summary: Fantabulous!!
Review: The book is as good as it can get. I read it while in high school, then again a few years later while in college. I'd like to read its sequel. The climax however was not quite as hunky dory as I would have liked it. It was one of my first books other than the normal run-of-the-mill stuff like adventure stories so its left quite a positive impact on me.
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Summary: Best Book Ever Written
Review: Gone With the Wind is my absolute favorite novel. It has great storylines with something for everyone. I read it over and over. It should be required reading for everyone.
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Summary: The best book ever written!
Review: I loved this book. I read it twice in the past year. The story is beautifully written. Margaret Mitchell is a genious. The quote "After all tomorrow is another day," is the quote we all will repeat to ourselves to make life seem easier. Life goes on.
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Summary: This is the classic epic novel of our time.
Review: I first read GWTW when I was 16 years old, and I've been spellbound ever since. This is a book that truly made me feel as if I'd known the characters for years; I cried with every defeat and celebrated every defeat with Scarlett. Once you pick it up, you can't put it down until it's finished. I felt that it was similar to "North and South" in content, but that the emphasis on the characters was more personal. Also, it has a little of everything--history (without being dull), romance (without being overdone), and personal triumph.
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Summary: Quite fair...
Review: This book is quite fair, not exactly the best, but good enough. I thought it should be a very challenging book but I was disappointed...I read it last year (13 yr old) and was astonished on how easy the vocabulary is and how easy it is to read this book. As for the story...it's pretty good. I really like those historical novels, and the writing and descrbtion is wonderful... but some parts of the story is a drag.
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Summary: Re " A Wanna-be War and Peace
Review: "GWTW" is one of my favourite comfort books; "War and Peace" is another. They are similar in that they are sagas involving families whose lives are changed by war and how characters are affected by war. Some people fall to pieces and cannot contemplate a 'new' life where they have no place( Countess Rostova and Ashley Wilkes); while others find a hitherto unknown inner strength (Natalia Rostov and Scarlett). Margaret Mitchell took 10 years to write "GWTW", thus starting the book in the '20's. She drew upon the stories that she had heard as a child from Civil War veterans and her own mother . Scarlett is the heroine of the book and there are very few scenes (as in the film) where she does not appear. "War and Peace" was also written over a long period of time. Tolstoy's work focuses on an exhaustive cast of characters, and places the reader in scenes domestic ("peace") and foreign -the battlefields ("war"). Mitchell keeps her reader confined to Scarlett's side with third person references to battles and other factors of war. One could write a thesis ( as I felt I was beginning to!) on this topic. Let's just say that both are wonderful books; "War and Peace" is considered a "Classic", while "GWTW" a classic example of historical fiction!
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Summary: Sensational
Review: Gone With The Wind is a superb book. It's story is so intresting. Margaret Mitchell wrote a wonderful book. I believe Gone With The Wind is my favorite book of all time and I can not wait to read it again. I love the way Mitchell describes Scarlett, Melanie, Rhett and Ashley. This is a literary gold!
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Summary: a book filled with romance,passion,adventure, and much more!
Review: gone with the wind is a beautiful story that brings smiles, laughs, gasps, sorrow, tears, joy, and pictures in your mind that are so real, you start to see, smell, taste, feel, hear, and be the story. It is beautifully written, so that it becomes real. Gone with the wind is perhaps the most beautifully written story of all times.
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