An unforgettable novel by Margaret Mitchell, an American author of the 20th century, the Pulitzer Prize winner. “Gone with the Wind” is a story of love, war, friendship, jealousy, devotion and self-sacrifice. Captivating by the plot, it focuses on the problem of human values in the world of purchase and sale. There is hardly more vivid character in American 20th century literature, than Scarlett O'Hara, the “conqueror” of America, the protagonist of the book, who made the world to tremble for her fate. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia and Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and follows the life of Scarlett, the daughter of an Irish immigrant plantation owner. It offers detailed description of the fall of Atlanta in 1864 and the devastation of war, appearing a considerable historical research.