Saturday, July 3, 2010
Books Read: 14
I finished Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. A classic that most people know, so I will not sum up here. I will however talk about some of the differences I found from the movie, which surprised me from reading the book. First, Scarlett actually has one child from each of her two previous marriages, Wade and Ella. I can understand why the movie did not have this, it made the loss of Bonnie much more dramatic since it was Scalett's only child in the movie. However, her distress over losing her figure after have one child loses its validity when she actually has 3 in the book. Another is Rhett's final line is different in the book than in the movie and that was weird because that line is so famous with this story and its not even correct with the original story. Although, I do understand why this book is a classic, it is really good. Its long, but so hard to put down because it is just that good!
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Ok, I am sort of new to discovering your blog but I have to say that GWTW is one of my all time favorite books!!! It gave me a sense of appreciation for our southern roots which I hadn't had before. Not that I liked everything about the culture but a lot of it was rather charming. Things are very different now and I liked escaping into a completely alternate world.
ReplyDeleteI remember your mom reading that book as a teenager. I think she probably read it at least 11 times. I read it for the first time after I was already married but have since read it a couple more times. I also read the sequel written by another author. It was not nearly as good but fun just the same.
I think the movie left out those parts because they simply could not fit everything the book discussed in a reasonable time frame.
Auntie Anne (Elizabette)