Gone with the wind

Author: Margaret Mitchell Category: Novel Publisher: Kalemat (Sharjah) Cover type: Hardcover Year of publication: 2015 Number of pages: 512 About the book: The novel Gone with the Wind is considered one of the best-selling masterpieces of stories in the world. The story revolves around the reflections of the American Civil War on Southern farmers, the rise of industrial society with the imposition of the victorious values, the emancipation of slaves, and the collapse of feudal society. And the impact of that on individuals through intertwined love stories centered around the Southern heroine Scarlett O'Hara, who loves one of the feudal heirs in the South, Ashley Wilkes, who does not reciprocate her love in turn, so she marries Charles Hamilton, the brother of Wilkes' wife Melanie, to stay close to her beloved. Then the appearance of the adventurous hero Rhett Butler, who loves Scarlett, but she only realizes that at the end, after he leaves her, despite her marrying him. This famous novel was turned into a successful film, ranked fourth in the American Film Institute's list of the greatest hundred films.