Drifting

Author: Margaret Mitchell (USA)
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book takes the love entanglements and life experiences of the female protagonist Scarlett as the main thread, vividly recreating the history of the collapse of the Southern slave society in the United States, from the prosperity of the Southern plantation economy to its decline, and the eventual replacement of the slave economy by capitalist economy. The theme of Gone with the Wind (Complete Translation Edition, Set of Two Volumes) is not war, and the author did not intend to offer historical commentary. She imbued Scarlett with a deep sense of nostalgia and melancholy for lost youth. At any time, the loss of youth is inevitable, but after enduring the "baptism by fire" of the Civil War, youth becomes all the more cherished. As a girl, Scarlett was willful and straightforward, filled with rose-colored dreams, and her green fairy-like image seemed to make spring even more radiant. She carried the double shadows of her mother, Ellen, and her father, Gerald. Ellen, a paragon of society, is embodied in Scarlett as the ideal girl expected of that era, while deep within her lies the spirit of an impulsive, resilient Irishman like her father, Gerald. Scarlett, the eldest daughter of Tara Manor, was incredibly charming and one of the most beautiful women in the county, pursued by countless admirers. Yet, she fell in love with Ashley, who was about to marry Melanie. After her love confession was rejected, Scarlett hastily married Charles, Melanie's brother, in anger. The Civil War broke out, and Charles and Ashley were both drafted into the army. Soon after, Charles died in a military camp. A widowed Scarlett came to Atlanta to live with Ashley and Melanie, his wife, and encountered Rhett, a blockade runner, again. Rhett, a carefree and cynical man, often mocked and taunted Scarlett, but whenever she needed help, he was always there for her.