“Gone with the Wind” is the best-known novel of the 20th century—its Oscar-winning adaptation has become legendary and beloved by several generations of viewers!
Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949) is an American writer, author of the novel “Gone with the Wind,” published in 1936 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The book was an incredible success with readers, and the film adaptation starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable won eight Academy Awards and became one of the most famous films in the history of world cinema.
“Gone with the Wind” is the story of a young Southern woman, the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner in Georgia, whose carefree youth ends with the beginning of the Civil War. In an instant, the girl had to grow up: her mother died, her father was ill, and the family estate was looted by the Yankees.
Since its publication, the book has become the favorite of several generations of women, and nothing equal has been created to this day. Years and years pass, and “Gone with the Wind” doesn’t grow old. Now new readers will also have to laugh and cry, love and suffer, fight and hope together with the magnificent Scarlett O’Hara…