Gone with the Wind. Volume 1

According to legend, the creation of the novel Gone with the Wind began when Margaret Mitchell wrote the main phrase of the last chapter: "Scarlett could never understand either of the men she loved, and now she had lost them both." The subsequent work on the work lasted about ten years and required enormous dedication and hard work from the writer. Striving to penetrate the very spirit of the era, Mitchell painstakingly studied the history of her native Atlanta, used newspapers and magazines of the mid-19th century. The pages of her manuscript brought to life the stories of eyewitnesses of the Civil War and family legends. Mitchell rewrote some scenes four or five times, and as for the first chapter, the writer was satisfied only with the 60th version!

The novel, published in the spring of 1936, was an unprecedented success and immediately broke all records for popularity and circulation in the entire history of American literature. And the film adaptation of the same name with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in the leading roles won 10 Oscars and became one of the most famous films in the history of world cinema.