— The New York Times "The best novel to have ever come out of the South...it is unsurpassed in the whole of American writing." It is also one of the best." Scarlett O’Hara: Gone with the Wind’s protagonist, the eldest of three sisters, who clings to her past life as a southern belle in the antebellum South; cunning, ambitious and deceitful even to herself. Jackie Susann Picks Up the Marbles (1973) A New York Times Magazine profile of Susann. It is, in all probability, the biggest book of the year: 1,037 pages. I still list it as one of my 10 favorite books." David Fincher's film version of the Gillian Flynn bestseller Gone Girl is a stealthy, snake-like achievement. How Gone With the Wind Took the Nation by Storm By Catering to its Southern Sensibilities ... David O. Selznick found his leading lady after a search that the New York Times called “a … It was named a best new book of the summer by O, The Oprah Magazine, Time, Southern Living, and Nylon. THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; David Selznick's 'Gone With the Wind' Has Its Long-Awaited Premiere at Astor and Capitol, Recalling Civil War and Plantation Days of South--Seen as Treating Book … This site is for you if books and the people who created them interest you. -- "The New York Times" "Not just a great love story, "Gone with the Wind" is one of the most powerful anti-war novels ever written. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia, during … But of course, some books remain classics, and Gone with the Wind is definitely one of them. More than 30 million copies have been printed worldwide. Even then, when black Americans were hampered by Jim Crow laws, the reviewer spared no punches for how Mitchell romanticized slavery: Jacqueline Susann Dead at 53; Novelist Wrote 'Valley of Dolls' (1974) The New York Times obituary for Susann. — The Washington Post "Fascinating and unforgettable! She currently lives in Memphis where she teaches at Rhodes College. The movie suggests that the genteel, slave-holding, plantation-owning way of life that is "gone with the wind" is worth romanticizing. Read 18,971 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Read full review “Beautifully written and fascinating to digest, Molly Haskell's Frankly, My Dear towers above any other book that's yet been written about Gone with the Wind.It has the kind of insights into the Wind phenomenon that only a writer of Molly Haskell's stature, wisdom and clarity could give us. Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The 1936 New York Times Book Review of Gone with the Wind By srkuta on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first … The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and the 1939 film version went on to win eight Academy Awards. A remarkable book, a spectacular book, a book that will not be forgotten!" The most popular and beloved American historical novel ever written, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind is unparalleled in its portrayal of men and women at once larger than life but as real as ourselves.