Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel. Widely considered The Great American Novel, and often remembered for its epic film version, Gone With the Wind explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction. This is the tale of Scarlett O’Hara, the spoiled, manipulative daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War forever change her way of life. A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, in the pages of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell brings to life the unforgettable characters that have captured readers for over seventy years.

マーガレット・ミッチェルが描いたのは、文明の崩壊に抗う個人の凄まじい生命力です。主人公スカーレットの、道徳を超越した強靭な意志こそが本作の核。南部伝統の終焉という過酷な運命に翻弄されながらも、泥にまみれて再生を誓う彼女の姿は、読者の魂を激しく揺さぶります。 映画版が絢爛な映像美で時代を映した一方、原作には映像で削ぎ落とされた凄絶な心理描写が息づいています。文字で辿る彼女の孤独な葛藤は、観客としての視点を超え、物語を個人の魂の記録として体感させます。映画の華やかさと小説の深い精神性。両者を味わうことで、この不朽の名作は真の輝きを放つのです。