| About: The novel was written in 1936 by Margaret Mitchell. It has a romantic theme with tragedies, regrets, hatred, emotional ambiguities, and financial struggling. The book revolves around the protagonist, Scarlett O'Hara, and her love life. In her relationships, she continuously feels inclined towards Ashley Wilkes who is married to some other woman. As a way out for Scarlet, she spends a lot of time with another man named Rhett Butler and ends up getting married to Rhett who knows of her passion for Ashley. A series of events take place in novel and Scarlet realizes that she loved Rhett, but it was too late. The novel won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize and won an Academy Award as a movie. The author spent almost 7 years writing this novel, which by the end turned out to be a master piece. It sold about 30 million copies and was listed on New York Times as the bestselling novel from 1923-2005. |
