The gone with the wind community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Getting lost in gone with the wind by margaret mitchell. Additionally, there are millions of book club editions in print. Gone with the wind 10th printing fine copy uk edition published in 1937. At her home in atlanta in may 1937, margaret mitchell reads the. We like to think 1939 was a different world, a world divided from our own by a. If it is signed its worth more, and depending on condition. The book won the pulitzer prize in 1937, and a now wellknown and wellloved.
The book won the pulitzer prize in 1937 and the 1939 film version went on to win eight. In this clip from atlantas book, mitchells childhood friends share. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. The first edition of gone with the wind has been reprinted over 100 times since it was first published. Although the novel is more than 1,000 pages long, the character of mammy.
Gone with the wind, which won the pulitzer prize in 1937, is the story of the way a land and people ravaged by war can reach within themselves and overcome what seem to be insurmountable odds. Gone with the wind turns 75 this year, a long enough period to establish it as an artifact, a museum piece. Gone with the wind characters katie scarlett ohara hamilton kennedy butler okay, so at the risk of sounding mean, wed like to start with a, well, kind of meansounding. Margaret munnerlyn mitchell november 8, 1900 august 16, 1949 was an american novelist and journalist. Gone with the wind by mitchell, first edition abebooks. Pdf gone with the wind book by margaret mitchell free. Gone with the wind won eight academy awards, and is still the longest best. Ive never found it so easy to sympathize with such an unsympathetic character. Gone with the wind published margaret mitchells gone with the wind, one of the bestselling novels of all time and the basis for a blockbuster 1939 movie, is published on this day in 1936. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the american civil warera novel gone with the wind, for which she won the national book award for most distinguished novel of 1936 and the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1937. Gone with the wind by mitchell, margaret and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Meade, big sam, stuart and brent tarleton, pork, beau wilkes. How much is an original 1937 copy of gone with the wind.
To ask other readers questions about gone with the wind, please sign up. Scarlett ohara, fictional character, the heroine of gone with the wind 1936. Gone with the wind is a novel by american writer margaret mitchell, first published in 1936. That means that there are literally millions of copies of the book that can technically be referred to as first editions. Is a 1937 gone with the wind book valuable answers. Abstract first published in german in 1937, margaret mitchells gone with the wind was one of the most popular books in germany throughout the. Mitchell received the pulitzer prize for fiction for the book in 1937. Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell available in hardcover on. Gone with the wind won the national book award as well as the pulitzer. Leigh poses demurely as she sports her characters famous prayer dress from.
The book has been awarded with pulitzer prize for novel 1937, national book award for novel 1936 and many others. Margaret mitchell won the 1937 pulitzer prize for her civil war novel, gone with the wind. Gone with the wind 1939 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The category was novel until 1948 when the board renamed it fiction.
She went to great pains to eliminate verbiage that did not further the plot or develop a character. Gone with the wind first edition collectible books for. What is the value of a 1937 edition of gone with the wind. I ve never found it so easy to sympathize with such an unsympathetic character. Gone with the wind sold one million copies in its first six months, won. Gone with the wind by mitchell, first edition, macmillan abebooks. Mitchell macmillan gone with the wind 19371937 abebooks. How much is an original 1937 copy of gone with the wind worth. The story is set in clayton county and atlanta, both in georgia, during the american civil war and reconstruction era.
Scarlett ohara, rhett butler, ashley wilkes, melanie hamilton wilkes, mammy, gerald o hara, ellen o hara, belle watling, india wilkes, suellen o hara, franklin kennedy, prissy, charles hamilton, aunt pittypat hamilton, bonnie blue butler, carreen o hara, dr. The main characters of this classics, historical story are scarlett ohara, rhett butler. An original copy of this book is worth 5,000,00 to 8,000. Prewar british editions of this most famous book are significantly harder to find.
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