Synopsis

Gone with the Wind is an epic historical novel set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and its aftermath. The story follows Scarlett O’Hara, a strong-willed and determined Southern woman whose life is upended by war, loss, and social change. As she struggles to survive and rebuild in a collapsing world, Scarlett navigates complex relationships, most notably with the enigmatic Rhett Butler. Sweeping in scope and rich in detail, the novel explores love, resilience, ambition, and the cost of clinging to the past during a time of profound transformation.

About the Author

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American author and journalist. One novel by Mitchell was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel, Gone with the Wind, for which she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. In more recent years, a collection of Mitchell's girlhood writings and a novella she wrote as a teenager, Lost Laysen, have been published. A collection of articles written by Mitchell for The Atlanta Journal was republished in book form.