*An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found[here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9810317-gone-with-the-wind)*. **Since its original publication in 1936,* Gone with the Wind* —winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s *The Great American Read*.** Widely considered The Great American Novel, and often remembered for its epic film version, *Gone with the Wind* explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction. This is the tale of Scarlett O’Hara, the spoiled, manipulative daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War forever change her way of life. A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, in the pages of *Gone with the Wind* , Margaret Mitchell brings to life the unforgettable characters that have captured readers for over seventy years.