Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

LET THE SWEEPING MUSIC BEGIN!

ROMANCE, WAR AND EVEN ONE BAD WORD

Never has there been another novel that so influenced generations.  Yes, many of us are familiar with the film version of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, but let us visit another American classic.  Some may argue that GWTW is not a romance per se, as the girl does not end up with the boy in the end, but to call it simply a historical novel rather than a historical romance novel leaves out the belief that in romance as in life there are times when one does not find your true love in the end, but that you can survive and live your life.  Some even argue that Mitchell even created an early classic of the erotic historical genre. 

          As most know GWTW is the story of Scarlett O’Hara, a pampered, spoiled daughter of a Southern plantation owner.  The novel follows her life through the backdrop of the American Civil War, or War Between the States for those of you with a Southern persuasion.  Scarlett lives through adversity, sweeping romance, despair, terror, wealth, poverty and joy to become a much stronger person who knows that she can overcome all.