Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind, the Southern plantation fiction, takes place in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in the southern United States in the state of Georgia during the American Civil War, 1861–1865, and the Reconstruction Era, 1865–1877. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty following Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea" - written from the perspective of the slaveholder. Rhett Butler becomes increasingly enamored with Scarlett's sheer will to survive in the chaos surrounding the war... The novel unfolds against the backdrop of rebellion wherein seven southern states initially, including Georgia, have declared their secession from the United States, the "Union", and formed the Confederate States of America, the "Confederacy", after Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The Union refuses to accept secession and no compromise is found as war approaches.



Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the second annual National Book Award from the American Booksellers Association for the book in 1937. It was adapted into a 1939 American film with Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland.







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