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Introduction:

Published in 1936, Gone with the Wind became an immediate best-seller, bringing first-time novelist Margaret Mitchell an overwhelming amount of critical and popular attention. Awarded the 1937 Pulitzer Prize, the novel was adapted as a film in 1939—an achievement that won ten Academy Awards. A historical romance set in northern Georgia during the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction years, Gone with the Wind traces the life of Scarlett O'Hara and her relationships with Rhett Butler, and Ashley and Melanie Wilkes. The novel addresses such themes as survival, romantic love, and the societal structuring of gender and class.

Mitchell's work relates the story of a rebellious Georgia Southern belle named Scarlett O'Hara and her experiences with friends, family, lovers, and enemies before, during, and after the Civil War. Using Scarlett's life, Mitchell examined the effect of the War on the old order of the south, and the aftermath of the war on what was left of the southern planter class.

Plot Summary:

Part One

Chapters I to VIII (Page 1 to 137)

The novel opens at Tara, the O'Hara plantation in Georgia, with Scarlett O'Hara flirting idly with Brent and Stuart Tarleton, twin brothers who live on a nearby plantation. Amidst the chatter, the pair tell Scarlett that Ashley Wilkes, the man Scarlett secretly loves, is to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton, a plain and gentle lady from Atlanta. Scarlett hurries to find her father, Gerald O'Hara, to probe him for further information. Gerald confirms that Ashley does intend to marry Melanie. He sharply warns Scarlett that she and Ashley would make a terrible match and encourages her to consider the attentions of one of the other local beaux.

Scarlett is miserable with the news until she realizes that Ashley does not know she is in love with him. She plots to make Ashley jealous by surrounding herself with men at the barbecue the next day at the Wilkes plantation of Twelve Oaks, then admit to him that she prefers him above all the others. Among the fawning gentlemen is Charles Hamilton, Melanie's brother, and Frank Kennedy, the beau of her sister, Suellen O'Hara. Things do not go according to plan. Although Ashley returns her affections, he tells Scarlett that he will still marry Melanie. The unreceived Rhett Butler, hidden behind a couch during the emotional scene, sees Scarlett throw a vase across the room in anger after Ashley leaves and is impressed by her fire. Charles Hamilton, himself in love with Scarlett, proposes later in the evening. To hurt Ashley, Scarlett accepts him, to the great distress of Ashley's sister Honey Wilkes. Honey, it was generally understood, was intended for Charles.

Both couples marry within weeks. Scarlett bitterly regretted her decision but received a warm welcome from Melanie, who now considers Scarlett to be her sister. Two months later Charles dies of pneumonia on the battlefield, but before he’s had the opportunity to fight. This confirmed Scarlett's opinion of his unheroic weakness.

Once the belle of the ball, Scarlett is now relegated to the stringent mourning rituals of the day: years of wearing unadorned black, living a quiet life at home, and limited social interaction. She is more distressed over her boredom and new motherhood than at Charles' death. She gave birth to a son Wade Hampton Hamilton. (In keeping with tradition, Scarlett named him for his dead father's commanding officer) . Her mother, Ellen O'Hara, believing Scarlett to be pining away from a broken heart, sends her to Atlanta to Charles' elderly maiden Aunt Pittypat and Melanie in an attempt to raise her spirits.

Part Two

Chapters VIII to XVI (Page 141 to 287)

In Atlanta, Scarlett quickly inserts herself into the hustle and bustle of the city. Melanie, whom Scarlett secretly despises for having married Ashley and for what she sees as her weak, compliant nature, treats Scarlett like a sister. Melanie was blind to Scarlett's contempt and jealousy. At a charity ball they re-establish acquaintance with Rhett Butler. He had a scandalous reputation and created more social outrage by asking Scarlett to dance, despite her mourning.

Against the background of war, Scarlett stayed in Atlanta and enjoyed the company of Rhett. He ostensibly calls on Aunty Pittypat, as widows cannot properly receive male callers. His sharp wit and sarcastic charm both infuriate and beguile Scarlett, though she continues to carry a torch for Ashley. When Ashley comes home for Christmas, Scarlett becomes acutely aware of the privileges Melanie holds as his wife. The day Ashley leaves, Scarlett again reveals her feelings to him, hoping Ashley will also break down and allow himself to tell Scarlett that he loves her too.

Ashley has a more important matter to discuss with Scarlett. Sensing the end of the war and the fall of the South, he charges Scarlett with the care of Melanie and his unborn child. Ashley (relying on Scarlett's love and honor to him) makes her promise that she will look after Melanie and see his family through the upcoming crisis in his absence. Scarlett blindly agrees to his promise. As Ashley heads for the door, Scarlett clings to him desperately and they share a passionate, forbidden embrace. Scarlett sobs that she loves him and that she only married Charles to hurt him. Ashley says nothing and wrenches himself from her grasp. He hurried from the house and his immoral love for Scarlett.

Part Three

Chapters XVII to XXX (Page 291 to 516)

As the tide of war turns against the South, Atlanta is bombarded constantly. When the Yankees finally begin their siege of Atlanta, the city evacuates. Melanie and Scarlett remain behind as Melanie is pregnant and Scarlett promised to care for her. After Melanie gives birth, Scarlett sends her maid, Prissy, to find Rhett Butler to take them out of Atlanta. Eventually, Rhett shows up with a broken-down horse and carriage which he stole from the Army. He carts the weakened Melanie, her infant son Beau, Scarlett's son Wade, Prissy, and Scarlett out of Atlanta. In a fit of conscience, he abandons them on the road back to Tara to turn back and fight for the South. Before he left, he kissed Scarlett and told her he loved her.

Arriving at Tara, Scarlett finds the house in ruins, the crops burned, most of the slaves run off, her mother dead, her father demented, and her two sisters sick with typhoid. She grasps the reins of authority and tries to turn the place around. She finds that some of her neighbors managed to survive the pillaging of the Yankees. They share with her all that's possible. Scarlett forces her family and the slaves to tend fields and pick cotton. Suellen complains about the labor but the youngest sister Carreen does it willingly. When a lone Yankee soldier arrives looking to loot and assault Scarlett, she shoots him. The still-weak Melanie comes running with Charles' sword, but it is too heavy for her to lift. Nonetheless, Scarlett feels the beginnings of comradeship with her sister-in-law. The two loot the dead soldier's pockets and knapsack before swearing each other to secrecy about his death.

After more trials, months pass. People at Tara finally receive word that the war has ended and the Confederacy is no more. Soldiers begin straggling home. On their way, some seek the refuge of Tara for food and hospitality. Comrades bring a wounded soldier named Will Benteen, whom Carreen nurses back to health. Having nowhere to go, Will stays on at Tara, helping with the plowing. Slowly he takes on more responsibility and shifts Scarlett's heavy load onto his own shoulders. Suellen's beau Frank Kennedy asks Scarlett for her sister’s hand in marriage, and she gives her consent.

There has been no word of Ashley, who they heard was in a Yankee prison for the last year of the war. One day he finally appears coming up the long road towards Tara. Melanie and Scarlett both rush to greet him, but Will stops Scarlett by saying, "He's her husband, ain't he?" Scarlett reluctantly hangs back, but is nonetheless euphoric over Ashley's return.

Part Four

Chapters XXXI to XLVII (Page 519 to 846)

Tara's former overseer, evil Yankee Jonas Wilkerson, newly a Scallywag, raises the taxes on Tara to force the O'Haras out so that he and his wife can live there. Frantic to save Tara, Scarlett plots to go to Atlanta and get Rhett to give her the money to pay the taxes. She finds Rhett in jail and unable to help her despite her offer to marry him. She then runs into Frank Kennedy, now a successful storeowner, and in desperation she manipulates Frank to believe that an impatient Suellen is to marry someone else. Frank, saddened by Suellen's supposed defection and unable to resist Scarlett's charms, marries her and gives her the tax money. After Rhett gets out of jail, he lends her more so that she can buy a sawmill, with the promise that she will not use the money to help Ashley Wilkes.

To her dismay Scarlett becomes pregnant with Frank’s child. She scrambled to get her monies in order before the birth. Showing herself in public when pregnant and doing well in the man’s world of business earned her ire of the Old Guard. Scarlett later gave birth to a daughter, whom she names Ella.

Scarlett receives word from Tara her father Gerald has died. After she returns to Tara for the funeral, Will tells her about the circumstances of his death. Suellen tried to persuade a disoriented Gerald to sign betray the Ironclad Oath for money. In Will's view that was a betrayal of the Confederacy. Briefly lucid, Gerald realizes her intentions, flies into a rage and disowns Suellen. In an attempt to jump a fence with his horse, he falls and breaks his neck. The community despises Suellen for her part in Gerald’s death. Scarlett, struggling with her family’s poverty, quietly agrees with her. Despite his love for Carreen, Will announces his intention to marry Suellen to assuage the community’s animosity toward her. Carreen, unable to recover from the death of Brent Tarleton at Gettysburg, enters the convent. After Gerald's funeral, Scarlett manipulates Ashley into returning to Atlanta to run her sawmill. She wanted to prevent him from leaving for the North to find work. Being dependent on Scarlett and having to work for her breaks Ashley's spirit and independence.

Scarlett regularly drove alone to and from the sawmill, a boldness frowned upon by her neighbors. One day Scarlett is assaulted by a poor white man and his black companion who live in a shantytown in the woods. Her former slave Big Sam fortunately appears and fights off the attackers. To avenge her, Frank, Ashley, and the rest of the local men raid the shantytown where Scarlett was jumped. After a skirmish at the shantytown, Ashley is injured and Frank is killed.

Following Frank’s funeral, Rhett unceremoniously proposes to Scarlett. He wanted to be sure to get her before she married someone else. Belle Watling, a local madam and Rhett’s mistress, stops by Melanie's house in a closed carriage to see how Ashley is doing. She played a crucial role in saving his life the night of the raid. Melanie offers Belle her friendship in return.

Part Five

Chapters XLVIII to LXIII (Page 849 to 1037)

Scarlett marries Rhett Butler and finds marriage the third time around surprisingly pleasant. Rhett spoils her without qualms. The only thing he refuses Scarlett is to help her help Ashley Wilkes. Scarlett begins spending time with the newly rich Yankees, who are portrayed as having few if any scruples. Scarlett builds a mansion and spends money lavishly. The Old Guard decide to cut Scarlett and Rhett out of society for keeping company with Yankees and flaunting their wealth.

Only Melanie's undying loyalty keeps Scarlett in the fold at all. Scarlett soon learns that she is pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. While they had originally planned to name the infant Eugenia Victoria (for Queen Victoria and Empress Eugenie of the French), her blue eyes inspire a last-minute switch to Bonnie Blue Butler. Rhett is immensely proud of the child and spoils her unabashedly. Not wanting to betray her continuing love for Ashley and chagrined at the ruin of her figure, Scarlett informs Rhett that she does not wish any more children. She no longer will share his bed. Rhett becomes bitterly angry.

From then on, the couple sleep in separate bedrooms. Rejected by Scarlett, Rhett turns to their daughter Bonnie for comfort. He decides that Bonnie should have everything and turns to winning over Atlanta.

Soon after, Melanie plans a surprise birthday party for Ashley. Scarlett goes to his mill and the two chat about old times at Twelve Oaks. They hug as friends. However, India Wilkes and Archie misinterpret this embrace, as both have suspected Scarlett's feelings for Ashley for a long time. They eagerly spread the rumor. Later that night, Rhett, having heard from Archie, forces Scarlett out of bed and to the party in her most flamboyant clothes. Incapable of believing anything bad of her beloved sister-in-law, Melanie stands by Scarlett's side so that all know that she believes the gossip to be false.

At home later that night, Scarlett finds Rhett downstairs drunk. Blind with jealousy, he tells Scarlett that he loves her and could kill her to make her forget Ashley. Picking her up, he carries her up the stairs and the two make passionate, uninhibited love. Scarlett wakes up alone the next morning, eager to see her husband. Rhett stays away as he is horrified at his behavior. Rhett takes Bonnie on an extended trip abroad. All of Atlanta chooses sides between India and Scarlett. Melanie continues to support Scarlett and rejects India, her husband's own sister.

Scarlett discovers that she is pregnant again. For the first time, she is glad. When Rhett returns after three months and rebuffs her attempts at reconciliation, she tells him she doesn't want the baby. Hurt, Rhett scornfully says, "Maybe you'll have a miscarriage." Enraged, Scarlett tries to attack him, falls down the stairs, and suffers a miscarriage. Rhett, frantic with guilt, cries to Melanie about his jealousy. He refrains from telling Melanie about Scarlett's true feelings for Ashley.

After she recovers, Rhett tricks Scarlett into selling the sawmills to Ashley. Rhett spends his time edging Bonnie back into Southern society. Tragically, Bonnie dies while trying to jump her horse, just as her grandfather Gerald O'Hara did. Scarlett blames Rhett, Rhett blames himself, and they refuse to see each other. Scarlett regrets what she said and desperately wants to see him. While attempting to mediate between the two, Melanie falls gravely ill. After having Beau, she was warned by doctors not to have any more children. She always desired more children and became pregnant.

On her deathbed, Melanie tells Scarlett to watch out for Ashley and to be good to Rhett because he loves her. Scarlett realizes she never really loved Ashley. Rather she loved the idea of the noble, chivalrous South which he represented. She despised his actual weakness.

She rushes to share her revelation with Rhett, now finally drained of his love for Scarlett. He tells her that he's leaving her. Scarlett cries, "But what will I do? Where will I go?" Rhett replies with the infamous line, "My dear, I don't give a damn." He returns to his hometown of Charleston. Devastated by her realization of true love and the consequences of her past selfishness, Scarlett decides to go back to Tara. She's sure she can think of a solution. She still believes that she has the charm to get any man she sets designs upon. The book ends with Scarlett's proclamation: "After all, tomorrow is another day!"

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《飘》 作者: 玛格丽特·密契儿，美国女作家。

故事梗概：

1861年南北战争爆发的前夕，塔拉庄园的千金小姐郝思嘉爱上了另一庄园主的儿子艾希利，但艾希利却选择了郝思嘉的表妹－－温柔善良的韩媚兰为终身伴侣。 郝思嘉出于妒恨，抢先嫁给了韩媚兰的弟弟查尔斯。不久，美国南北战争爆发了。艾希利和查尔斯作为征兵上了前线。查尔斯很快就在战争中死去了。郝思嘉成了寡 妇， 但她内心却一直热恋着艾希利。

一天，在一次举行义卖的舞会上，郝思嘉和风度翩翩的商人白瑞德相识。白瑞德开始追求郝思嘉，但遭到她的拒绝。郝思嘉一心只想着去追求艾希利，结果也遭到拒绝。

在战争中，美国南方军遭到失败，亚特兰大城里挤满了伤兵。 郝思嘉和表妹韩媚兰自愿加入护士行列照顾伤兵。目睹战乱带来的惨状，任性的郝思嘉成熟了不少。这时，从前线传来消息，北方军 快打过来了，不少人家惊惶地开始逃离家园。不巧韩媚兰要生孩子了，郝思嘉只好留下来照顾她。

在北方军大军压境之日，郝思嘉哀求白瑞德帮忙护送她和刚生下孩子的韩媚兰回塔拉庄园。白瑞德告诉郝思嘉他不能目睹南方军溃败而不去助一臂之力，他要参加南 方军作战，他留下一把手枪并和郝思嘉拥吻告别。郝思嘉只好独自勇敢地驾驶马车回到塔拉庄园，这时家里已被北方军士兵抢先洗动一空，母亲在惊吓中死去。不 久，战争结束了。生活依然困苦。北方来的统治者要庄园主缴纳重税，郝思嘉在绝望中去亚特兰大城找白瑞德借钱，但得知他已被关进监狱。归来的途中，郝思嘉遇 上了本来要迎娶她妹妹的暴发户弗兰克，为了要重振破产的家业，她骗取弗兰克和自己结了婚。

郝思嘉在弗兰克经营的木材厂非法雇用囚犯，并和北方来的商人大做生意。此时，白瑞德因用钱贿赂而恢复了自由。两人偶然碰面，再次展开爱恨交织的关系。

弗兰克和艾希利因加入了反政府的秘密组织，在一次集会时遭北方军包围，弗兰克中弹死亡，艾希利负伤逃亡，在白瑞德帮助下回到韩媚兰身边。郝思嘉再次成为寡妇。此时，白瑞德前来向她求 婚，她终于与一直爱她的搞私运军火和粮食致富的白瑞德结了婚。

婚后，夫妻二人住在亚特兰大的豪华大宅。一年后，女儿邦妮出生， 白瑞德把全部感情投注到邦妮身上。郝思嘉偶然翻阅艾希利的照片 被白瑞德发现，终于导致了二人感情的破裂。其后，在艾希利的生日会前夕，郝思嘉与艾希利相见时热情的拥抱引起旁人非议，但韩 媚兰不相信他们之间有暧昧关系。白瑞德可不这样想。当郝思嘉告诉白瑞德她已经再次怀孕时，白瑞德怀疑地问那是 谁的孩子？郝思嘉在羞怒之下欲打白瑞德，却不慎滚下楼梯引起流 产。白瑞德感到内疚，决心同郝思嘉言归于好，不料就在他俩谈话时，小女儿邦妮意外坠马摔死了。与此同时不幸的事也在另一个家庭里发生，韩媚兰终因操劳过度 卧病不起。临终前，她把自已的丈夫艾希利和儿子托付给郝思嘉，但要求她保守这个秘密，郝思嘉不 顾一切扑向艾希利的怀中，紧紧拥抱住他，站在一旁的白瑞德无法再忍受下去，而转身离去。面对伤心欲绝毫无反应的艾希利，郝思嘉终于明白，她爱的艾希利其实 是不存在的，她真正需要的是白瑞德。

当郝思嘉赶回家里告诉白瑞德，她是真正爱他的时候，白瑞德已不再相信她。他决心离开郝思嘉，返回老家去寻找美好的事物，被遗弃的郝思嘉站在浓雾迷漫的院 中，想起了父亲曾经对她说过的 一句话：“世界上唯有土地与明天同在。”她决定守在她的土地上重新创造新的生活，她期盼着美好的明天的到来。