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1、GonewiththeWind——MargaretMitchellMargaretMitchell'sfirstandonlypublished,best-sellingandReconstructionPeriodnovelthatfirstappearedin1936,butwasmostlywritteninthelate1920s.ThenovelhadagreatsuccessthroughouttheUnitedStatesandaroundtheworld.Ithasbeentranslatedintoabout27languagesin37countries.Atprese
2、nt,GonewiththeWindisstilloneofthebest-sellingnovelsintheworld.GoneWithTheWindAuthorMaincharactersPlotAuthorMargaretMitchell:borninAtlanta,Georgia.ShespentherchildhoodinthelapsofCivilWarveteransandofhermaternalrelatives,whohadlivedthroughtheCivilWar.AftergraduatingfromWashingtonSeminary,sheattended
3、SmithCollege,butjustoneyearlater,in1918,ShereturnedtoAtlantatotakeoverthehouseholdafterhermother'sdeathearlierthatyearfromthegreatSpanishflupandemicof1918.MargaretMitchelladmiredpeoplewhohadgumption(进取心),peoplewhofoughttheirwaythroughhardtimessuccessfullyandcameoutsurvivors.Shesaidthatifhernovel,G
4、onewiththeWind,hadathemeitwassurvival,"Iwroteaboutthepeoplewhohadgumptionandthepeoplewhodidn't."WithGonewiththeWindMargaretbroughtapromisingmessagetoallpeople-"Tomorrowisanotherday."ScarlettO'HaraRhettButlerMaincharactersScarlettisapretty,uniqueSouthernbellewhogrowsupontheGeorgiaplantationofTarain
5、theyearsbeforetheCivilWar.Selfish,shrewd,andvain,Scarlettinheritsthestrongwillofherfather,butalsodesirestopleaseherwell-bred,genteelmother.WhenhardshipsplagueScarlett,sheshouldersthetroublesofherfamilyandfriends.Scarlett’sdesirefortheSoutherngentlemanAshleyandtheopportunisticNewSouthernerRhettButl
6、ermakesuseoftheSouth’sstruggletoclingtotraditionandstillsurviveinthenewera.ScarlettO'HaraRhettButlerScarlett’sthirdhusband,andadashing,dangerousadventurerandscoundrel.ExpelledfromWestPointanddisownedbyhisprominentCharlestonfamily.Hebecomesanopportunisticblockade-runnerduringthewar,emergingasoneoft
7、heonlyrichSouthernmeninAtlantaafterthewar.Heproveshimselfalovingfatherand,attimes,acaringhusband.Scarlettisawomanwhoareverybraveandstrong.WhentheUnionArmycarryingoffeverythingfromherbelovedTarafarm,shestrugglesto