

Lädt ... Vom Winde verweht (1936)von Margaret Mitchell
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An old fashioned, romantic narrative with no Joycean or Proustian nonsense about it, the novel is written in a methodical style which fastidious readers may find wearying. But so carefully does Author Mitchell build up her central character of Scarlett O'Hara, and her picture of the times in which that wild woman struggled, that artistic lapses seem scarcely more consequential than Scarlett's many falls from grace. This is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best. The historical background is the chief virtue of the book, and it is the story of the times rather than the unconvincing and somewhat absurd plot that gives Miss Mitchell's work whatever importance may be attached to it. Ist enthalten inBeinhaltetHat die (nicht zu einer Reihe gehörende) FortsetzungBearbeitet/umgesetzt inWird parodiert inWird beantwortet inInspiriertHat ein Nachschlage- oder BegleitwerkHat eine Studie überHat als Erläuterung für Schüler oder Studenten
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