GONE
WITH THE
WIND
Hardback book with Dust Jacket by Margaret Mitchell
Copyright 1936 by The Macmillan Company.
Copyright renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell and Trust Company of Georgia
as Executors of Margaret Mitchell Marsh.
Copyright renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell
Book Club Edition
" Greatest best-seller of our century -
the modern American classic already read by over 20,000,000 people. "
" This magnificent novel has become a classic since its publication in 1936.
It brings the drama of the Civil War and the Reconstruction vividly to life as it tells the story of
Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled and selfish daughter of a wealthy plantation owner,
who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War sweep away
the life for which her upbringing had prepared her.
After the fall of Atlanta, she returns to the plantation and by stubborn shrewdness
saves her home from both Sherman and the carbetbaggers.
But in the process a change comes over Scarlett; she hardens.
She has neared starvation and she vows never to be hungry again.
And in the turmoil of the Reconstruction she fights to make good her vow.
The novel is filled with unforgettable people -
Rhett Butler, blockade runner and charming scoundrel;
Melanie Wilkes, courageous and loyal friend;
Ashley Wilkes, for whom the world died at Appomattox;
Manny, Gerald, and Ellen O'Hara, Belle Watling, Aunt Pittypat, the Tarleton Twins - and the rest.
And, as one reviewer has put it, in sheer readability,
it is surpassed by nothing in American fiction. "
There is a piece of the cover missing on the spine of the book.
This book is in very good condition with minor wear to the cover.
No torn or ripped pages.
There is a price tag removal mark on the first blank page.
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