When did Margaret Mitchell begin writing Gone with the Wind?
Margaret Mitchell began writing Gone with the Wind in 1926 while recovering from a slow-healing injury sustained in an auto crash.
Questions about Gone with the Wind (novel)
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What time period does the story of Gone with the Wind cover?
The novel spans chronologically from 1861 to 1873 following Scarlett O'Hara's growth from adolescence into adulthood as she ages from sixteen years old to twenty-eight years old.
Why do scholars criticize the portrayal of enslaved people in Gone with the Wind?
Scholars criticize the novel for presenting enslaved people primarily as docile house servants who remain loyal to their masters after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 sets them free.
How many copies of Gone with the Wind were sold by December 1936?
Sales figures reached about one million copies by the end of December 1936 when the book was priced at three dollars each during the Great Depression.
Did Margaret Mitchell win any awards for Gone with the Wind?
Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the book in 1937 making it the only novel she published during her lifetime.