Gone With the Wind, written by Margaret Mitchell and published in 1936, is an epic historical novel set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. The story follows Scarlett O'Hara, a strong-willed and beautiful Southern belle living on her family's Georgia plantation, Tara. As war destroys the Old South's way of life, Scarlett struggles to survive, rebuild her fortunes, and pursue her love for Ashley Wilkes, while remaining blind to the devotion of the roguish Rhett Butler. The novel explores themes of love, war, survival, and societal transformation, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1937.
