Good that you didn't read the sequel; it was a damp squib. I read some yeras ago, and took ages to finish it. The starting couple of chapters are unnecessarily dragging and situation Scarlett has been placed in unlikely too for her spirits.gali wrote:There was a sequel written by another author, but I didn't read it.
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Re: Gone with the Wind . . . gone with my heart
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Clearly the sequel doesn't stand on the same level. It actually ruins the image Margaret Mitchell creates.
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I had read Gone with the Wind last year, the copy I read borrowed from a friend. The size didn't intimidate me, and I read it in about two months. I think one of the things I liked in the book was its romance that seemed to really take off in the end. Its scope was also really large, which is something I like, especially when I have a lot of time in my hands.
Like some others, I hadn't read the sequel and won't be planning to. I don't think other authors should continue other books that the original author wrote; a similar, more recent situation would be The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz. Who knows if it would live up to the first three books.
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Oh the Scarlett in the book is so much more full and real than the film. I love the film, but there is so much that they left out. I read it for the first time in the 4th grade (though I OBVIOUSLY didn't "get" all of it) and I loved it. I have read it several times since and I still love it. Rhett Butler is such a fantastic character and Scarlett O'Hara is so perfectly flawed! If you have the chance, and love the movie so, I recommend giving it a read. I read it the first time without having seen the film, then several times since I have seen it. Seeing Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in my head as I read it made it all that much more of a wonderful experience. A novel this long is more than just a book. It has to be To me, it was a journey with Scarlett. (Yeh I'm kinda cheesy, especially about books I love. Don't EVEN get me started on Pride and Prejudice:) )rowoody wrote:To be honest, I have not read the book. However, if the movie is anything close to the story then Scarlett is one of my favorite characters of all time. I grew up watching the movie with my mother and know almost every line. Scarlett was ahead of her time. She was a leading woman in a man's only leading world. Do I think she grew at the end? That's hard to answer. Do I think she changed? No. I think she became more aware and more accepted of herself as the strong demanding woman she was. I do find myself quoting her lines in my head when times are stressful.
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Of course, it isn't Gone with the Wind. It isn't Margaret Mitchell. But that is okay with me.
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