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Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta , both in Georgia, during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era .
- June 30, 1936
- Macmillan Publishers (United States)
A collection of newspaper articles written by Mitchell for The Atlanta Journal was republished in book form. Mitchell was struck and killed by a speeding drunk driver in 1949. Family history. Margaret Mitchell was a lifelong resident of Georgia. She was born in 1900 into a wealthy and politically prominent family.
- Journalist, novelist
- Romance novel, Historical fiction, epic novel
- Smith College (MA) (honoris causa)
Budget. $3.85 million. Box office. >$390 million. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming.
- $3.85 million
- David O. Selznick
- Max Steiner
- December 15, 1939 (Atlanta premiere)
Gone with the Wind, novel by Margaret Mitchell, published in 1936. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1937. Gone with the Wind is a sweeping romantic story about the American Civil War from the point of view of the Confederacy. In particular it is the story of Scarlett O’Hara, a headstrong Southern belle.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Country. United States. Language. English. Genre. Historical Fiction. Publisher.
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Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia, during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Gone with the Wind is a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. It tells the story of a family woman in the American South (and in the plantation of Tara) during the Civil War. She falls in love with a city gentleman. It is one of the most famous books of its time, and was made into a movie of the same name .