I picked up the book about a month ago and couldnt put it down. Gone with the wind margaret mitchell 19001949 part. The final line of gone with the wind kicks you in the gut because while on the one level, we know that scarlett does have an alarming. It depicts the struggles of young scarlett ohara, the spoiled daughter of a welltodo plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty. Gone with the wind does not end with, frankly my dear, i dont give a damn. And also from the us, lets not forget margaret mitchells ending to gone with the wind.
She concerns herself only with her numerous suitors and her desire to marry ashley wilkes. This is perhaps the most famous line in the novel, and one of the most famous lines in american literature. I watched the movie over the last couple of nights to refresh my memory. Gone with the wind is a novel written by shermans march to the sea. Gone with the wind is one of the most popular books ever, so it cant be that hard to get through. Either it was because of the fashion or because of scarlett oharas ferocity. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the american civil war, margaret mitchells magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and a people forever changed. Gone with the wind, online novel, free online reading. Gone with the wind by mitchell, first edition abebooks.
Gone with the wind rhett butlers best lines duration. A historical novel, the story is a bildungsroman or comingofage story, with the title taken from a poem written by ernest dowson gone with the wind was popular with american readers from the onset and was the top american fiction bestseller in the year it was published and in 1937. While reading, i kept trying to remember the movie and wondered about the differences between the two. Lucy writes her own novel, which she titles real gone with the wind. Scarlett goes back to tara saying that she can somehow get rhett back. Just how, the twins did not know, but the fine glow had gone out of the afternoon. Top ten closing lines girl with her head in a book. The line is spoken by rhett butler gable, as his last words to scarlett ohara leigh, in response to her tearful question.
Hintons runaway teenage characters, ponyboy and johnny, read while hiding from the law in the young adult novel the outsiders 1967. Gone with the wind project gutenberg selfpublishing. And thats mostly because, as i have stated several times, gone with the wind is the most painfully boring book in all of literature, and scarlett ohara is the least likable heroine to ever exist. Selznick managed to expand this concept, and margaret mitchells best. This has been sung on the radio by pyewackett among others and starts oh dear what a pity, golden city and a variation is emerald city. Is frankly my dear, i dont give a damn the last line of the movie. In my opinion, rhett bulters famous last line summarizes my feelings on gone with the wind in a nutshell. In her face were too sharply blended the delicate features of her mother, a coast aristocrat of french descent, and the heavy ones of her florid irish father.
Mitchell wrote the books final moments first and then wrote the events that led up to them. Having read gone with the wind for the first time ever recently, this additional book was a nice surprise. We have harder work before us than winning back rhett. Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell since its original publication in 1936, gone with the windwinner of the pulitzer prize and one of the bestselling novels of all timehas been heralded by readers everywhere as the great american novel. In the final scene of the oscarwinning 1939 weepie gone with the. Today, im writing about the story behind rhett butlers famous last line in gone with the wind 1939. Total quotes 11 i wish i could care what you do or where you go but i cant. Is frankly my dear, i dont give a damn the last line of. The last lines of the movie, and the last line of the book is,after all, tomorrow is. On the other hand, it is very long, and has lots of characters and events to keep straight as you go. We can read gone with the wind to sigh over the past, or to learn more about ourselves, and the wisdom of scarlett oharas mantra. Scarlett ohara, a pretty southern belle, lives on tara, a large plantation in georgia. The casting of vivian leigh contradicts the opening line of the book, scarlett ohara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it.
Gone with the wind has ever one of the most classic love book, a movie starring vivien leigh and clark gable has become a shadow in the history of insurmountable of the most famous of the classic love story. On this day in 1936, margaret mitchells gone with the wind was published. She spitefully agrees to marry him, hoping to hurt ashley. The line is spoken by main character scarlett ohara as she is. Ever since i was little i was obsessed with the adaption of margaret mitchells book of the same name. This might be a good moment to mention that in alice randalls the wind done gone, a parodysequelcritique of gone with the wind, gerald sleeps with mammy, and has a daughter.
What is the last line of gone with the wind answers. Its also the last line of the movie, which concludes one of the most famous sce. A way a lone a last a loved a long the james joyce, finnegans wake 1939 43. Scarlett was a ballsy character with strength and brains to survive in a mans postwar world. In the final scene of the oscarwinning 1939 weepie gone with the wind, southern belle scarlett ohara vivien leigh is. To this end, its written clearly and its plot bounces along. The story is set in clayton county and atlanta, both in georgia, during the american civil war and reconstruction era. Coming up on its 80th anniversary and winner of 8 academy awards, the epic historical romance, gone with the wind, takes us through the horrors of the civil war through the eyes of scarlett ohara a vain, headstrong, and sassy southern belle.
Gone with the wind boils down to a story about a spoiled southern girls hopeless love for a married man. Gone with the wind is the american female writer margaret mitchell 19001949 ten years grinding sword, is also unique. The last line of the novel gone with the wind is after all, tomorrow is another day. Words like damn and whore were scandalous at the time. Scarlett ohara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the tarleton twins were. The book was a better portrait of a woman with amazing survival instinct. The book has been called offensive and vulgar because of the language and characterizations. The epic novel broke records when it sold a million copies in six months during the great depression. But the new book is also, in some senses, a bid for redemption by the estate of margaret mitchell, who died in 1949 and steadfastly refused to. Also, the new york society for the suppression of vice disapproved of scarletts multiple marriages. Im going to live through this and when its all over, ill never be hungry again. The life of laura ingalls wilder tribute little house on the prairie tv show theme song duration. What is the last line in gone with the wind by margaret. The author tentatively titled the novel tomorrow is another day, from its last line.
This article is part of the classic quote blogathon hosted by the flapper dame. Who, in margaret mitchells novel gone with the wind, says the famous line, frankly, my dear, i dont give a damn. The line is spoken by rhett butler gable, as his last words to scarlett. This has been sung on the radio by pyewackett among others and starts oh dear what a pity. Frankly, my dear, i dont give a damn is a line from the 1939 film gone with the wind starring clark gable and vivien leigh. One day she hears that ashley is engaged to melanie hamilton, his frail, plain cousin from atlanta. Sensing something they could not understand, baffled and annoyed by it, the twins struggled along for a while, and then rose reluctantly, looking at their watches.
As god is my witness, as god is my witness theyre are not going to lick me. These are many of the bestknown curtain call lines, fadeouts, and final words of dialogue in cinematic history the last lingering words heard before the title the end. Charles hamilton, melanies timid, dull brother, proposes to scarlett. Frankly my dear, i dont give a damn gone with the wind. In quite a few cases, the memorable final lines are also some of the greatest lines in. What is the last line in gone with the wind by margaret mitchell. Published in 1936, margaret mitchells gone with the wind has been banned on social grounds. Whats the last line of scarlett in gone with the wind. Asked in classic movies, romantic movies, drama movies. Scarlett seemed to be paying little attention to what they said, although she made the correct answers. The 10 best closing lines of books culture the guardian. Ill go home and ill think of some way to get him back. What is the resolution in the book gone with the wind. The last line of dfws first novel hints at what else he had in store.
On may 3, 1937, margaret mitchell won the pulitzer prize for gone with the wind. Frankly, my dear, i dont give a damn news newspapers books scholar jstor july 2012 learn how. David selznicks gone with the wind has its longawaited premiere at astor and capitol, recalling civil war and plantation days of south. Do you think that gone with the wind, the book, was actually much better than the great. The novel now sells approximately 250,000 copies per year and has been translated into 40 different languages, making it one of the most popular books of all time.
Sparknotes is here for you weve got everything you need to ace or teach. Rhett butlers final line in gone with the wind 1939, frankly, my dear, i dont give a damn, is one of the most famous quotes in old hollywood history. Youd rather live with that silly little fool who cant open her mouth except to say yes or no and raise a passel of mealymouthed brats just like. Gone with the wind is a novel by american writer margaret mitchell, first published in 1936. In the final scene of the oscarwinning 1939 weepie gone with the wind, southern belle scarlett ohara vivien leigh is left standing in the hall of her. She was a bless your heart type of gal but the meaning would behind it would surely be snarky not sweet. This places it up there at the tree linea doable hike for sure, but not exactly a jog to the. The last lines of the movie, and the last line of the book is,after all, tomorrow is another day. Gone with the wind margaret mitchell 19001949 part one chapter i scarlett ohara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the tarleton twins were. After all tomorrow is another day is the last line of gone with the wind, a novel written by margaret mitchell. Explanation of the famous quotes in gone with the wind, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues. What is the first line of the book gone with the wind.