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Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: September 30, 2014

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Jan 27, 2011 Circa Girl rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, romance

I've been a fan of the movie for some time and decided to give the book a go. I love that it included much more Rhett & Scarlett banter and really delved into the developing chemistry between the two but on the other hand, the book heightened the sense of irony and tragedy you see hinted in the film. While the film ended on an optimistic tone, the same lines in the novel are conveyed in a more settled, grim sense. My new opinion is that Rhett has truely moved on in his obsession with Scarlett bu ...more

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Oct 17, 2010 Anna Tatelman rated it it was amazing

How do I begin to describe this book? What could I say that would most convince others to read? The vivid characters? The fascinating history sprinkled like bitter pieces of candy throughout the novel? The moral ambiguities of right and wrong, cunning and kind, freedom and property, North and South? The ruthless yet tragic main characters? The snapping dialog? The many rich and prevailing themes? The fact that I absolutely destroyed the bookmark I was using during the last 200 or so pages of thi ...more

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