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I read this when I was 15 and so caught up in this sweeping saga, I forgot I was supposed to hate Scarlet1 This set off a lifetime fascination with the Civil War.
This has to be one of the most under-rated books of the 20th century, in my opinion. Wildly popular when published, in went on to become a star studded movie, and it's own cult phenomenon. Literary critics, however, bashed the book, calling it trite and fantastical, largely underwriting the social and class struggles of the Deep South in the years after the war. I'd be inclined to disagree. Mitchell set out to write a novel surrounding her characters, with the War and its subsequent events as a
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My favorite book of all time.
Aug 13, 2008
Cheryl
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it was amazing
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Aug 16, 2008
fyc
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it was amazing
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Nov 18, 2008
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