Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Ranked Among Goodreads’ Most-Read Classics

Gone with the Wind remains a classic work of literature and continues to be one of the most popular books on Goodreads even 80 years after it was published. This novel was written and published in 1936 and quickly became a bestseller and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction soon thereafter. The continuing popularity of the novel is evidence that readers have always been drawn to its elaborate storytelling, unique characters and expansive setting during the period of the American Civil War. The main character of the novel is Scarlett O'Hara, who is intelligent, resilient and a very deep character who deals with a variety of struggles and issues of love, loss and survival through a tumultuous time in American history. Over the years this book has had many discussions about its wide scope of subject matter and how it recounts the history of the American Civil War. The lasting existence of this novel also indicates that classic literature still has relevance to readers today and demonstrates that a good story can live on for many generations.

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