Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell, 1936
Historical fiction RomanceLiterary fictionContemporary fiction
A spoiled Georgia belle survives the Civil War on sheer will, and marries the one man who sees straight through her. A long, hungry pull through war and Reconstruction, voiced with sharp satire, romantic longing and Scarlett's stubborn, unsentimental defiance.
Feels like longing and defiance. About war, love and adventure.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy big historical novels with a difficult heroine and a romance built on argument and observation. It is very long, and its 1930s attitudes toward race and slavery are dated and may trouble you.
Why read it
Mitchell's reporter's eye for detail and her feel for stubborn survival make it worth the long haul, especially if you want a romance that argues back.
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Some people are not beautiful, and it never once occurs to them to mind.
SCARLETT O’HARA was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. Margaret Mitchell.A former reporter for the Atlanta Journal, Mitchell wrote much of the novel while recovering from an ankle injury, checking her history against stacks of Civil War sources.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Gone With the Wind for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy big historical novels with a difficult heroine and a romance built on argument and observation. It is very long, and its 1930s attitudes toward race and slavery are dated and may trouble you.
- What is Gone With the Wind like?
- A long, hungry pull through war and Reconstruction, voiced with sharp satire, romantic longing and Scarlett's stubborn, unsentimental defiance. Feels like longing and defiance. About war, love and adventure.
- What should I read after Gone With the Wind?
- If you liked Gone With the Wind, try Tower of Dawn (Sarah J. Maas), The Crown (Kiera Cass) and Onyx Storm (Rebecca Yarros).
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Kindness that expects nothing back is the rarest kind.
A gift. A gift from a queen who had seen another woman in hell and thought to reach back a hand. With no thought of it ever being returned. A moment of kindness, a tug on a thread.
Tower of Dawn · Sarah J. Maas
What it takes to say your own name like a fact.
Break the stupid rule, Eadlyn. Marry the man you love. If he’s good enough for you to approve of, then I certainly do. And if the people don’t, that can be their problem. Because who are you?” “I’m Eadlyn Schreave, and no one in the world is as powerful as me,” I blurted without thought. He nodded. “Damn right you are.
The Crown · Kiera Cass
The moment a performance quietly stops being one, and nobody says a word.
Then that agonizingly slow moment went by, and the kiss became . . . different. The man inhaled sharply and inclined his head a tiny bit, making Olive feel less like a squirrel monkey climbing a baobab tree, and his hands-which were large and pleasantly warm in the AC of the hallway-closed around her waist. They slid up a few inches, coming to wrap around Olive’s rib cage and holding her to himself. Not too close, and not too far.
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