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Gone With The Wind:
          "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were."
That is the first sentence of 'Gone with the Wind.' That is the first sentence of the book that has captured millions in its story. Love, war, drama, hardships, and more all take place in this wondorous novel. It is the spectacular story of the old south, the vanishing of it, and of course, a timeless romance between the inimitable Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. 
          To sum it up, it is a story of life before, during, and after the Civil War and how it affected the south. It is also an epic romance. 
          Plot Summary:
          Scarlett O'Hara loves Ashley Wilkes, but she hears he is going to marry Melanie Hamilton. Scarlett tries to win his love, but he tells her he is going to marry Melanie. So she slaps him. Once he leaves the room, Scarlett is still angry, so she throws a vase over the sofa. 
          Then from behind the sofa, out comes Rhett Butler, a man with a horrible reputation who was eavesdropping the whole time. He realizes that Scarlett is "no lady" and admires her for it. She angrily storms out of the room. 
          Later that day, all the men get very excited, for the war (Civil War; 1861-1865) has started and everyone goes off to enlist. Still mad, Scarlett marries Charles Hamilton, Melanie's brother, hoping that it will hurt Ashley. A month or two after their marrige, Charles dies at camp, but Scarlett is not sad because of her husband's death, she is upset that she is going into widowhood. She wants her young life back, she doesn't want the life of a widow with a newborn child. 
          Scarlett goes to visit Melanie and her Aunt Pittypat in Atlanta, where she again meets Rhett Butler. He bids 150 dollars in gold to dance with Scarlett at a ball, and to everyone's suprise and dissaproval, she accepts, only because she wants to dance. (Widows should not be at social gatherings) 
          As the story goes on, Margaret Mitchell tells of Rhett and Scarlett's relationship, as well as her love for Ashley, her hatred of Melanie, and much more. This is not just a romance, for she also tells of the horrors of war in the south, and the Yankees invading Georgia. It is a book that can truly never be forgotten. 
          It takes place over a period of 12 years, before, during and after the war, on over 1000 pages. But every single page, paragraph, sentence, and word is worth reading. 
           Winner of the Pulizter Prize, 'Gone With The Wind' is a novel, a story, that has a mind of its own; a world of its own. It has characters and emotions that we can't get enough of. It is not just the book that has prospered, but the movie, released in 1939 is the highest grossing film of ALL TIME if prices are adjusted for inflation. 'Gone With The Wind,' nicknamed "The Great American Novel," if had to be described in one word, is this.
REMARKABLE.