Gone with the Wind
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4.7 • 75 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
Gone with the Wind takes place in the southern United States in the state of Georgia during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and the Reconstruction Era (1865–1877) that followed the war. The novel unfolds against the backdrop of rebellion wherein seven southern states, Georgia among them, have declared their secession from the United States (the "Union") and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy"). A dispute over states' rights has arisen involving enslaved African people who were the source of manual labor on cotton plantations throughout the South.
Customer Reviews
Apt Title and Excellent Story
I was unfamiliar with the story and had only heard of the characters from an ex-girlfriend and my grandmothers. Rhett and Scarlett are two of the most memorable characters I have encountered in literature.
It is a story set in a world that is dead and gone, whose shadow stretches over all the land and all of the people south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
I enjoyed reading about characters who are enmeshed in a larger story, doomed by geography and history, and yet so vital and compelling as human beings