Historical Fiction · EpicScarlett O'Hara survives the Civil War and Reconstruction in Georgia
Gone with the Wind
Scarlett O'Hara in Georgia, from the Civil War through Reconstruction
Gone with the Wind is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, Georgia, during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era. It follows Scarlett O'Hara, a plantation owner's daughter, as she struggles to survive the upheaval of the war and its aftermath, in a coming-of-age story that traces her growth from adolescence into adulthood.
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Who
Scarlett O'Hara; Rhett Butler; Ashley Wilkes, the man she loves; and Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, Ashley's wife.
World
Clayton County and Atlanta, Georgia, during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
What makes it different
It was published in June 1936 by Macmillan, and the first edition runs 1,037 pages. It won the National Book Award and the 1937 Pulitzer Prize, and the 1939 film won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Feel
Sweeping and melodramatic.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Behind the book
The title comes from the first line of a stanza in Ernest Dowson's poem Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- Gone with the WindWikipedia