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Gone with wind

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Original Author: Margrett Mitchell
The only novel from its author which all the previous records of making it one of the worlds most successful bestsellers
ever witten. The novel was later made into movieone of evergreen movies in the history of Hollywood. This novel was awarded Pulitzerprize andNational Award.This is grippinghistorical novel, one of the very fewwartime novel ever written on a female protagonist. The novels background is civil war in America, during the Lincolns period.It is story not of glorious winners but of humiliated lossers. The novel portrays its heroine not as usual pink,soft,silky one but airon a lady in search of lost and true love lady of in flesh and blood who fights for everything she want with much courage and determination ,who is not giving up even in the most extreme situations, we have so many women characters commit most henoius crimes, but only one Scarlet O'Hara who is heroine who commits murder and do somany other wicked thing , yet catches heart of all the readers. There are so many very orginal characters in this novel Rhett Butler Scarlets third husband, Ashley White her true love and his wife Mellanie:The novel also presents the excellent pictures of the so called southerners of America their life,prejudices,beleifs, and and the grant boutiquesofcourse about their cotton. After reading the novel not only the characters lives in our hearts but so many beatiful situation in the story which we keep locked in our hearts forever. The novel take us through almost all aspects of life war, history, love, jealousy, hatred, sin, human visrtues and the novel is a celebration of humanity as whole.
Published: October 31, 2006
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