"Gone with the wind" (English Gone with the wind) - a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, whose events occur in the southern US states in the 1860s, during (and after) the civil war.
The novel was released on June 30, 1936 and became one of the most famous bestsellers of American literature. Until the end of 1936, more than one million copies were sold. In the same year, Mitchell gave the film rights to producer David Selznick for $ 50,000. In 1939 the film of the same name was shot.
In 1937, Mitchell received a Pulitzer Prize for this novel.