Margaret Mitchell

La historia de amor más fascinante jamás contada. Scarlett O'Hara vive en Tara, una gran plantación del estado sureño de Georgia, y está enamorada de Ashley Wilkes, que en breve contraerá matrimonio con Melanie Hamilton. Estamos en 1861, en los prolegomenos de la guerra de Secesion, y todos los jovenes sureños muestran entusiasmo por entrar en combate, excepto el atractivo aventurero Rhett Butler. A Butler le gusta Scarlett, pero esta sigue enamorada de Ashley, que acaba de hacer publico su compromiso con Melanie. Despechada, Scarlett acepta la propuesta de matrimonio de Charles, el hermano de Melanie, al que desprecia. Años mas tardes, y como consecuencia del final de la guerra, ya viuda, Scarlett debe afrontar situaciones nuevas como el hambre, el dolor y la perdida e instalarse en Atlanta, donde Melanie espera noticias y de Ashley y Butler aparece de nuevo...

Convertida por Hollywood en un melodrama romántico, "Lo que el viento se llevó", Premio Pulitzer 1936, no solo narra la tormentosa historia de amor entre una joven y caprichosa dama sureña, Scarlett O'Hara, y un apuesto y singular contrabandista algo mayor que ella, Rhett Butler. La novela va mucho mas alla y retrata de forma despiadada la aristocratica sociedad esclavista de los potentados caballeros del Sur, que se niegan a perder sus privilegios. La dependencia de los esclavos para hacer rentables las palntaciones de algodon les lleva a rechazar las reformas sociales y economicas impulsadas por el presidente Lincoln, lo que provoca la Guerra de Secesion que dividio Estados Unidos de America, cuyas secuelas aun perviven hoy en dia. Fernando Vicente ilustra a color una nueva traduccion fiel al texto original de Margaret Mitchell que, desde su primera aparicion en librerias, ha gozado del favor de millones de lectores.

The pampered daughter of a wealthy Georgian plantation owner of Irish descent, sixteen-year-old Scarlett O'Hara soon realizes that young men can't resist her charms, despite her forthright manners and her refusal to embrace her mother's ladylike ways. Her romantic intrigues lead her to an early marriage, but when the war between the Union and the Southern States breaks out and she is left a young widow, Scarlett's life is turned upside down, and she finds herself embroiled, together with the world surrounding her, in a long struggle for survival. Both a coming-of-age tale and a historical epic, Gone with the Wind is regarded as one of the great American novels, and is perhaps one of the most popular stories in the Western canon.Famously inspiring the iconic 1939 Oscar-winning film starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett and Clark Gable as the rakish but cynical Rhett Butler, it is Margaret Mitchell's only published novel, and a living testament to the irrepressible resilience of the American spirit.

One of the most famous love stories of all timeTomorrow is another day . . .Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret Mitchell's magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and a people forever changed. Above all, it is the story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett O'Hara and the dashing soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler.Since its first publication in 1936, Gone With The Wind has endured as a story for all our times.

One of a series designed as an introduction to literature. It is graded into six levels, and each book contains an introduction and exercises. It is designed for students of English as a foreign or as a second language, and for reluctant readers. This is a well-known classic romance.

Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.Widely considered The Great American Novel, and often remembered for its epic film version, Gone With the Wind explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction.This is the tale of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled, manipulative daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War forever change her way of life. A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, in the pages of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell brings to life the unforgettable characters that have captured readers for over seventy years.

Som a l'any 1861, als prolegòmens de la guerra de Successió, i tots els joves del sud contemplen amb gran entusiasme la possibilitat d'entrar en combat. Tots, excepte l'atractiu aventurer Rhet Butler, que se sent summament atret per l'Scarlett, encara que ella segueix enamorada de l'Ashley. Enrabiada i decebuda, l'Scarlett accepta la proposta de matrimoni d'en Charles, el germà de la Melanie, a qui menysprea. Anys més tard i ja vídua després de la guerra, l'Scarlett ha d'enfrontar-se a situacions noves, com ara la fam, el dolor i la pèrdua. En aquestes circumstàncies, s'instal·la a Atlanta, on la Melanie espera notícies de l'Ashley i en Butler torna a fer la seva aparició…

Classic / British English (Available May 2008) Gone with the Wind is a story of love and war and one of the best-selling books of all time. Part 1 follows the popular but selfish Scarlett O'Hara, the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes, and dangerous but charming Rhett Butler as their world is destroyed in the terrible American Civil War.

Beloved by generations of fans, Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Civil War and its aftermath--the basis of one of the most famous films of all time--is back in this stunning new package with a new Preface by bestselling author Pat Conroy.

Classic / British English (Available May 2008) Gone with the Wind is a great romantic story of love and war and one of the best-selling books of all time. In Part 2, the American Civil War has destroyed Scarlett O'Hara's comfortable world. Will she lose her home too? Or can she save it and rebuild her life?

Ambientato nel Sud degli Stati Uniti nel periodo della Guerra Civile, Via col vento apparve nel 1936, quando il ricordo del sanguinoso evento era ancora ben vivo nella coscienza di molti americani. Rossella O'Hara, la giovane capricciosa e viziata protagonista del romanzo, affronta le avversita con spirito di conquista; incapace come il suo popolo di "riconoscere la sconfitta anche quando se la trova di fronte", si appresta ad andare incontro al futuro pensando che "dopo tutto, domani e un altro giorno".La societa americana che si stava risollevando dalla profonda crisi economica iniziata dopo il crollo della borsa del 1929 accolse con un entusiasmo senza precedenti il messaggio del romanzo, facendolo entrare a buon diritto, anche grazie alla memorabile trasposizione cinematografica con Clark Gable e Vivian Leigh, tra i classici della letteratura contemporanea.

One of a series designed as an introduction to literature. It is graded into six levels, and each book contains an introduction and exercises. It is designed for students of English as a foreign or as a second language, and for reluctant readers. This is a popular classic.