Many friends have told me they love it, and now I want to hear ALL about how you overcame all your chances to hate Scarlett and liked this book. Have you read it? Did you enjoy it? I really must know WHY you love it, if you do.

(Let me toss in a couple affiliate links to the e-book, in case you want to go that route. I got into the book and interested in it and then I could stand to heft it. I borrowed a copy from my friend Katie and couldn't even bring myself to begin reading it until I downloaded a free sample of the e-book. I know for sure that part of my problem was the sheer length of this book. Melanie just keeps getting more awesome, throughout. I've decided that it must be because I'm like India Wilkes (at least when it comes to how I feel about Scarlett). I learned quite a bit about the Civil War and race relations in the South at that time, and it was enjoyable to do so. Felt horrible about it.Īnyway, it's easy to see why this book is a classic - why it has endured the test of time so well. It will save us from starvation!' Rinsed rice down sink. I saw the crusted rice on the bottom of my rice cooker and thought, 'That's perfectly good rice! We should just soak it again and eat it. Especially when she first returns to Tara. That sounds great, but ugh it just was not great for me! I was totally stressed out reading this book. The point is the whole book is about her crazy, stressful life and how she overcomes hardship and tragedies of all kinds. I don't think you're really supposed to relate to her, but that's not the point. But despite its literary merit I will here assert the validity of my own emotional response, and say . It was very well written, highly informative, and fascinating. Famously inspiring the iconic 1939 Oscar-winning film starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett and Clark Gable as the rakish but cynical Rhett Butler, it is Margaret Mitchell's only published novel, and a living testament to the irrepressible resilience of the American spirit.You guys I finally finished Gone with the Wind! Phew. Both a coming-of-age tale and a historical epic, Gone with the Wind is regarded as one of the great American novels, and is perhaps one of the most popular stories in the Western canon. Her romantic intrigues lead her to an early marriage, but when the war between the Union and the Southern States breaks out and she is left a young widow, Scarlett's life is turned upside down, and she finds herself embroiled, together with the world surrounding her, in a long struggle for survival. The pampered daughter of a wealthy Georgian plantation owner of Irish descent, sixteen-year-old Scarlett O'Hara soon realizes that young men can't resist her charms, despite her forthright manners and her refusal to embrace her mother's ladylike ways.

Gone with the wind books in order