{"product_id":"9781847498601","title":"Gone with the Wind : Annotated Edition","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mitchell, Margaret\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 29 August 2021 by Alma Books Ltd (Alma Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Alma Classics Evergreens' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 864 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 56 | 648g\u003cp\u003eThe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epampered daughter of a wealthy Georgian plantation owner of Irish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edescent,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  sixteen-year-old Scarlett O’Hara soon realizes that young men can’t resist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  charms, despite her forthright manners and her refusal to embrace her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emother’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ladylike ways. Her romantic intrigues lead her to an early marriage, but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  war between the Union and the Southern States breaks out and she is left a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyoung\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  widow, Scarlett’s life is turned upside down, and she finds herself embroiled,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  together with the world surrounding her, in a long struggle for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esurvival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Both a coming-of-age tale and a historical epic, Gone with the Wind is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eregarded as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  one of the great American novels, and is perhaps one of the most popular\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estories in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  the Western canon. Famously inspiring the iconic 1939 Oscar-winning film\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estarring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Vivien Leigh as Scarlett and Clark Gable as the rakish but cynical Rhett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eButler, it is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Margaret Mitchell’s only published novel, and a living testament to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eirrepressible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  resilience of the American spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mitchell, Margaret","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52495612903608,"sku":"9781847498601","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781847498601.jpg?v=1769173052","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781847498601","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}