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...

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.

La historia de amor más fascinante jamás contada.Scarlett OHara 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...

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 OHaras comfortable world. Will she lose her home too? Or can she save it and rebuild her life?

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 OHara, 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.

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.

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.

Gone with the Wind is a novel by Margaret Mitchell that was published in 1936. It tells the story of Scarlett OHara, a young woman whose life is forever changed by the Civil War and Reconstruction. The novel has recently been the subject of controversy due to its depictions of racism, and some publishers have added trigger warnings to the book. Despite the controversy, "Gone with the Wind" remains a classic of American literature and has been widely read and studied for decades.Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist born on November 8, 1900, in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for her novel Gone with the Wind, which was published in 1936 and won the National Book Award for Fiction for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. Mitchell died on August 16, 1949, in Atlanta, Georgia, after being struck by a car while crossing the street with her husband. She was 48 years old at the time of her death. Mitchells legacy lives on through her novel, which has been adapted into a classic film of the same name.