This is by far my favorite book of all time. It is a timeless classic that will never go out of style. Yes, it is a love story, but it is much more than that. It is a story of survival, the idea that you can continue regardless of how you feel, how weak you seem; life and the will to live takes over. It also gives a true sense of the ability and strength of women regardless of the time.
-Scarlett was originally named Pansy
-Scarlett was partly based on Mitchell herself and her grandmother
-Rhett was based on Mitchell's first husband Red Upshaw
-the initials JRM in her dedication refer to her second husband John Reginald Marsh
-Margaret Mitchell maintained the only character taken from real life was Prissy the maid
-When asked who she'd like to be in the movie version, Mitchell said 'Prissy'
-Like a detective novelist, Mitchell wrote the last chapter first and the first chapter last
-GWTW is the only book to sell more copies than the Bible
-Mitchell nearly went blind just proofreading the manuscript!
-Mitchell scrupously researched every detail for GWTW, even going to the town register to ensure there was no Rhett Butler or Scarlett O'Hara alive during the Civil War
-The novel took ten years to complete, most of it was written in three years
-For style, she endeavoured to make her prose so that a five-year old could read it
-If she would have ever written a sequel, it would have been called 'Back With the Breeze' On that note,please avoid the Ripley penned sequel 'Scarlett', it is atrocious.
