Gone with the WindSimon and Schuster, 2007 M11 1 - 960 páginas 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. 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. |
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... Charles Hamilton, and my Uncle Russ could be the stand-in for Frank Kennedy. My mother could align our small universe precisely with that of Gone With the Wind and she could do it effortlessly while stirring the creamed corn. Once she ...
... Charles Hamilton, and my Uncle Russ could be the stand-in for Frank Kennedy. My mother could align our small universe precisely with that of Gone With the Wind and she could do it effortlessly while stirring the creamed corn. Once she ...
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... Well, Miss Pitty told us.” “Miss Who?” “You know, Ashley Wilkes' cousin who lives in Atlanta, Miss Pittypat Hamilton—Charles and Melanie Hamilton's aunt.” “I do, and a sillier old lady I never met GONE WITH THE WIND 11.
... Well, Miss Pitty told us.” “Miss Who?” “You know, Ashley Wilkes' cousin who lives in Atlanta, Miss Pittypat Hamilton—Charles and Melanie Hamilton's aunt.” “I do, and a sillier old lady I never met GONE WITH THE WIND 11.
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... Charles.” “Well, I give it up. But I'm sorry she didn't ask us to supper. I swear I don't want to go home and listen to Ma take on about us being expelled. It isn't as if this was the first time.” “Maybe Boyd will have smoothed her down ...
... Charles.” “Well, I give it up. But I'm sorry she didn't ask us to supper. I swear I don't want to go home and listen to Ma take on about us being expelled. It isn't as if this was the first time.” “Maybe Boyd will have smoothed her down ...
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... Hamilton, that's the name—she and her brother Charles have already come from Atlanta and—” “Oh, so she did come?” “She did, and a sweet quiet thing she is, with never a word to say for herself, like a woman should be. GONE WITH THE WIND 43.
... Hamilton, that's the name—she and her brother Charles have already come from Atlanta and—” “Oh, so she did come?” “She did, and a sweet quiet thing she is, with never a word to say for herself, like a woman should be. GONE WITH THE WIND 43.
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... Charles Hamilton, Melanie's brother. They would swarm around her like bees around a hive, and certainly Ashley would be drawn from Melanie to join the circle of her admirers. Then somehow she would maneuver to get a few minutes alone ...
... Charles Hamilton, Melanie's brother. They would swarm around her like bees around a hive, and certainly Ashley would be drawn from Melanie to join the circle of her admirers. Then somehow she would maneuver to get a few minutes alone ...
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