Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
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Book Reviews of Gone With the Wind
Book Review: T H R E E.....V I E W S.....O F....T H I S.....B O O K....
Summary: 4 Stars
Remembering when this book, "Gone With The Wind", first came out, my mother told me that my her brother, a doctor from Montreal Canada, who had settled in the USA, had read it all the way through, finding it compulsively readable. Years and years, (and years!), later, on the 50th Anniverary of GWTW, (the movie, I think), TV GUIDE ran two -- or perhaps it was three -- articles on this book / movie phenomenon. One was a general overview of the movie, and comments from surviving leading players. The other two were equally as fascinating: one was written by a White woman, the other, by a Black man.
The White woman said that the value she had gotten from this book was that she had learnt from it, to withstand any hardship, no matter how great.
The Black man said that he had been SO ashamed to buy this book. As much ashamed as he would have been, had he bought a pornography book! After reading it, he opined that it did NOT focus on the cruelty, pain, and degradation of slavery, but instead on a woman in love with another woman's financee and later, husband. He compared the book to a hypothetical novel set in World War II, wherein a Nazi officer, a guard in a concentration camp, was having a romance with a secretary. The pain and suffering of so many people, all around them, is all but ignored, in this hypothetical book, as all the attention is on the two lovers. Obviously, the Black gentleman who wrote this article for TV Guide did not like GWTW at all....
I think it's important to keep BOTH viewpoints in mind. Because both are very accurate, and both speak volumes about the meaning of "Gone With The Wind".
Book Review: America's Greatest Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
I began this novel in the 11th grade prepared to hate it to the core. Everything I knew about it made me expect a silly, eye-batting trip into a fairy tale world of the Old South with its impossibly virtuous ladies, its foppish gentleman and grinning content slaves, and I was actually looking forward to making fun of the characters, story and author.
I could NOT have been more wrong about this novel. Margaret Mitchell, I salute you!
This is to American letters what Les Miserables is to France, or War And Peace is to Russia. Nowhere else are characters like these to be found or is the human spirit portrayed as so unconquerable. I fell in love with this book. From its would-be detractor I became its most vocal champion. I was stunned over and over at how inutterably magnificent this contribution to literary greatness was. As one reads along about the lives of these larger than life men and women all set against the backdrop of the fall of an entire civilization, any sensitive person can only be compelled to acknowledge that there on the open page is a book that shall live in literary eternity.
Of any work of fiction a person might feel compelled by "duty" to read at some point in a lifetime, Gone With The Wind deserves to be at the head of that list.
Book Review: A True Classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
There are good reasons why Gone With The Wind, published 73 years ago, is a classic among classics, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and has sold over 28 million copies in more than 37 countries. The reasons are that it is an unparalleled monumental epic of the American South that is very rich in historical facts, it has superbly developed unforgettable characters, a narrarative that is so captivating that the reader will feel he/she is right there experiencing all that was going on, and it truly stands the test of time. I enjoyed reading it at least as much now (and possibly more) than when I first read it over 45 years ago. While Gone With The Wind is often marketed as "the greatest love story of our time," it is so much more than that. If you haven't read Gone With The Wind or haven't done so in many years, do yourself a tremendous favor and read it/read it again as soon as possible. It's an experience you'll savor for years to come.Book Review: LOVE IT! A MUST read!
Summary: 5 Stars
GWTW-I discovered it on the shelf of my highschool library & having never heard of it, I decided I would read it. I was completely unprepared for the ride! While we all want to be Melanie, the truth is-we're all a little Scarlett on the inside! I have since read the book many times (and of course own the DVD) and never tire of it. A definite book for gals-you get a glimpse into southern life at the time of the Civil War and experience a love story of enormous preportions. "Fiddle Dee Dee" is our catch phrase around the house! LOVED IT>Book Review: There is a reason this novel is called a classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my favorite novel ever! Wonderful historical background and wonderful characters, especially Scarlett, Rhett, and Melanie. If you liked the movie, but have never read the book, you will love the book. There are so many more details and events that occur in Scarlett's life in the book that aren't included in the movie. Even though the book is long, I have read it many times and love it just as much each time.