Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind (1936) is Margaret Mitchell's only novel and one of the best-selling books in history. Set in Georgia during the Civil War and Reconstruction, it follows Scarlett O'Hara from pampered plantation belle to hardened survivor, and her turbulent relationship with the cynical blockade runner Rhett Butler. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the basis for one of the most famous films ever made, the novel remains a monumental — and contested — portrait of the American South.