#57 in Classics
Gone with the Wind
- 946
- Pages
- about 17 h
- Reading time
- Film 1939
- On screen
- Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
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Our view
“Gone with the Wind” is a vast historical novel driven by a heroine who is spoiled, ruthless and impossible to look away from. Across the American Civil War and the years that follow, it tracks her fight out of poverty by any means, and the devotion it inspires in its admirers is unusual. At over nine hundred pages it asks for weeks, not evenings.
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About the book
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 oldest 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 the poem Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- FilmGone with the WindIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 599 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 80% of the weight and the score stays at 8.1 — the Classics average of 7.7 barely moves it. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 52 | 9% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 9 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 538 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Gone with the Wind?
It has 946 pages — longer than 91% of the ranked books in Classics.
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