First published 1993
Scarlett O'Hara stands on the porch of Tara, her family's Georgia plantation, watching the world she knows crumble around her. The Civil War has begun, and the young Southern belle finds herself caught between her obsession with Ashley Wilkes, who marries his cousin Melanie, and her tumultuous relationship with the roguish Rhett Butler. As Atlanta burns and the South falls, Scarlett must transform from a pampered daughter of privilege into a woman who will do anything to survive. She faces starvation, loss, and the complete destruction of the antebellum South while desperately trying to save Tara and protect those she loves. Through Reconstruction and beyond, Scarlett battles poverty, social upheaval, and her own heart. Her fierce determination to never go hungry again drives every decision, but her inability to recognize true love may cost her everything. This is the story of a woman's relentless fight for survival and her discovery of inner strength she never knew she possessed.
Genres: romance, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Georgia, Atlanta, Tara
Period: Civil War, Reconstruction
1056 pages · Paperback · Warner Books