Gone with the Wind: Part Three
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798652613242
- Series
- Gone with the Wind
- Pages
- 245
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-06-09
- Author
- Margaret Mitchell
Description
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. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty following Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea". This historical novel features a coming-of-age story, with the title taken from a poem written by Ernest Dowson.The war is going badly for the Confederacy. By September 1864, Atlanta is besieged from three sides. The city becomes desperate and hundreds of wounded Confederate soldiers pour in. Melanie goes into labor with only the inexperienced Scarlett to assist, as all the doctors are attending the soldiers. Prissy, a young slave, cries out in despair and fear, "De Yankees is comin!" In the chaos, Scarlett, left to fend for herself, cries for the comfort and safety of her mother and Tara. The tattered Confederate States Army sets flame to Atlanta and abandons it to the Union Army.Melanie gives birth to a boy, Beau, with Scarlett's assistance. Scarlett then finds Rhett and begs him to take herself, Wade, Melanie, Beau, and Prissy to Tara. Rhett laughs at the idea but steals an emaciated horse and a small wagon, and they follow the retreating army out of Atlanta.Part way to Tara, Rhett has a change of heart and abandons Scarlett to enlist in the army (he later recounts that when they learned he had attended West Point, they put him in the artillery, which may have saved his life). Scarlett then makes her way to Tara, where she is welcomed on the steps by her father, Gerald. Things have drastically changed: Scarlett's mother is dead, her father has lost his mind with grief, her sisters are sick with typhoid fever, the field slaves have left after Emancipation, the Yankees have burned all the cotton, and there is no food in the house. Scarlett avows that she and her family will survive and never be hungry again.The long tiring struggle for survival begins that has Scarlett working in the fields. There are hungry people to feed and little food. There is the ever-present threat of the Yankees who steal and burn. At one point, a Yankee soldier trespasses on Tara, and it is implied that he would steal from the house and possibly rape Scarlett and Melanie. Scarlett kills him with Charles's pistol, and sees that Melanie had also prepared to fight him with a sword.A long post-war succession of Confederate soldiers returning home stop at Tara to find food and rest. Eventually, Ashley returns from the war, with his idealistic view of the world shattered.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Gone with the Wind
By Margaret MitchellBeloved and thought by many to be the greatest of the American novels, Gone with the Wind is a story of love, hope and loss set against the tense historical background of the American Civil War.
-
The Making of Gone With The Wind
By Steve WilsonCONCEPT PAINTINGS BY JOSEPH McMILLAN “MAC” JOHNSON (FACING, TOP LEFT) Joseph McMillan “Mac” Johnson was an architect who went into film work. Gone With The Wind was his first film project. (FACING, TOP RIGHT) An early painting of the ...
-
LIFE Gone with the Wind: The Great American Movie 75 Years Later
By The Editors of LIFEThis book is as informative and intriguing as it is beautifully illustrated.
-
Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind
By Alexandra RipleyDiscover the phenomenal #1 bestselling sequel to Gone With the Wind: "true to Scarlett's spirit," this inventive novel beautifully continues Margaret Mitchell's timeless tale (Chicago Tribune).
-
David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind
By Ronald HaverFrom the search for Scarlett to the burning of Atlanta, this dazzling work provides an insider's view to what went on behind the scenes during the making of one of...
-
Frankly, My Dear: Gone with the Wind Revisited
By Molly HaskellHaskell keeps both novel and movie at hand, moving from one to the other, comparing and distinguishing what Margaret Mitchell expresses from what obsessive producer David O. Selznick, directors George Cukor and Victor Fleming, ...
-
Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood
By Ellen F. Brown, John Wiley Jr.... following: Anne Poland Berg and Karen Berg Kushner (Norman Berg); Brad Brett, Barrie and Ralph Gonzalez, and Ann Zagari (George Brett, Jr.); Clare Brett Smith and Betsy Carpenter (Richard Brett); Kate Barrett (Kay Brown); Bill Leigh ...
-
The Complete Gone With the Wind Trivia Book: The Movie and More
By Pauline BartelFrom Margaret Mitchell’s tattered manuscript to the film’s seventy-fifth anniversary, this book is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of Gone With the Wind—the book, the movie, and the phenomenon that continues today.
-
Gone with the Wind: The Three-day Premiere in Atlanta
By Herb Bridges"This photographic essay contains photographs of the stars, of Atlanta before, during, and after the event, and of the citizens of the city who turned out not just for the movie but for receptions, the Premiere Ball, and other events.
-
Gone With the Wind: The Definitive Illustrated History of the Book, the Movie and the Legend
By Herb Bridges, Terryl C. BoodmanThis lavishly illustrated book is the ultimate behind-the-scenes history of the novel, the film, and the phenomenon of Gone With the Wind.