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091212Bookreport09121215陈忠华PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT9学生姓名：陈忠华学号：09121215指导教师：王军日期：2012.6BookReportofGoneWiththeWindBackgroundofthenovelGonewiththeWindiswrittenbyMargretMitchell.MargaretMitchellwasanAmericanauthorwhowonthePulitzerPrizein1937forhernovelGonewiththeWindandsheonlywrotethisonebookinherentirelife.MargaretMitchellwasborninAtlanta,GeorgiatoEugeneMitchell,alawyer,andMaryIsabelle.HerchildhoodwasspentinthelapsofCivilWarveteransandofhermaternalrelatives,whohadlivedthroughtheCivilWar.IthinktheexperiencelikethismadeherwritethebookGonewiththeWindfinally.Gonewiththewindisoftenconsiderdedasthemostpopular,enduringandmovingworknotonlyofthattimebutofalltime.SidneyHoward’sscriptwasderivedfromMargaretMitchell’sfirstandonlypublished,best-sellingCiviaWarandReconstructionPeriodnovelof1.037pagesthatfirstappearedin1936,butwasmostlywrittenMitchell’snovelinJuly,1939for$50,000-arecordamountatthetimetoanunknownauthorforherfirstnovel,causingsometolabelthefilm“Selznick’sFolly”.Atthetimeofthefilm’srelease,thefictionalbookhadsoldmorethan1.5millioncopies.Whenthenovelwasfilmedandairedontelevision,morerecordsweresetintwopartsinlate1976,andcontroversyarosewhenitwasrestoredandreleasedtheatricallyin1998.GonewiththeWindisoneofthemostfamousromanticnovels.ThenovelissetinthetimeoftheAmericanCivilWar,from1861to1865whentheSouthernplantationownersfoughtagainstthenorthernYankeesfortherighttoownslaves.WhentheSouthernplantationlostthewar,theysufferedfromgreatlossesoflifeintheprocess,andtheromanticplantationlifedepictedintheearlychaptersofthenovelisutterlydestroyed.SummaryofthenovelScarlettisastubborn,headstrongandworldlylady,whoseextraordinarybeautyattracteslotsofpeopleandalmosteveryyoungguyslikedherverymuchandwantedtomarryher.Shelivedinawealthymanorhome.Hermotherhasfrenchfamilyintheblood,askedhertoabidebyallfeministtradition.HerfatherwasanoutbreakofIrishimmigrants,andhewantedhertoclosetoanyoneoftherichyoungmenandgetmarriedtooneofthem.Inthebeginningofthebook,onecannotlikeScarlettdeeplybecauseherbeauty.How