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1861, Géorgie. Scarlett O'Hara a seize ans. Elle a devant elle l'avenir radieux d'une riche héritière de Tara, une importante plantation de coton. Mais la guerre civile est sur le point de plonger dans le chaos le pays tout entier, et Scarlett a le cœur brisé : Ashley Wilkes vient d'en épouser une autre. Pour fuir son chagrin, elle va s'installer à Atlanta, impatiente de goûter à l'énergie d'une grande ville. Là, un certain Rhett Butler, à la réputation douteuse de contrebandier, commence à s'intéresser à Scarlett et son caractère rebelle.

When Gone with the Wind appeared in 1936, it became on overnight sensation. Nothing like it in American literature had ever been seen. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and become one of the most celebrated films of all time. It has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and been translated into 27 languages. Gone with the Wind is both an historical novel and an examination of the bewildering changes that swept Georgia in the 1860s.

1866. De retour à Tara, ravagée par la guerre, Scarlett O'Hara n'a que peu de moyens pour subvenir aux besoins de ses proches, y compris Ashley dont elle reste secrètement amoureuse. Acculée, elle retourne à Atlanta où elle recroise Rhett Butler, toujours persuadé qu'ils sont faits l'un pour l'autre. La laissera-t-il lui échapper cette fois ? Comment regarder de l'avant quand la vie n'est que décombres ? Et que peut la morale d'autrefois face à l'argent d'aujourd'hui ?

A brand new adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s iconic novel, set against the turbulent backdrop of the American Civil War Margaret Mitchell only had one book published in her lifetime, but it was a blockbuster. The epic, 1000-page, 1936 Pulitzer Prize-winning Gone With The Wind?has been hailed...

La giornalista Margaret Mitchell(1900-1949) lavorò dieci anni ad un libro che venne poi pubblicato nel 1936 con un titolo che era una citazione di una poesia di Dowson. Il libro fu subito un successo e vendette 180000 copie. Nel 1937, grazie al suo romanzo, la Mitchell vinse il Pulitzer e nel '38 fu candidata al Nobel. La scrittrice fece molta resistenza alla realizzazione del film, che fu poi completato nel 1939, costituendo una pagina indimenticabile nella storia del cinema.

Eine unsterbliche Liebesgeschichte und einer der größten Bestseller des 20. Jahrhunderts: Scarlett O’Hara, verwöhnte Tochter eines Plantagenbesitzers, muss in den Wirren des amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges um den Familienbesitz Tara kämpfen. Stolz und Eigensinn stehen ihrer Liebe zu dem charmanten Kriegsgewinnler Rhett Butler im Wege.

**Pre-order UTOPIA AVENUE, the spectacular new novel from David Mitchell.** Born out of the short story David Mitchell published on Twitter in 2014 and inhabiting the same universe as his latest bestselling novel The Bone Clocks, this is the perfect book to curl up with on a dark and stormy...

The pampered daughter of a wealthy Georgian plantation owner, sixteen-year-old Scarlett O’Hara soon realises that young men can’t resist her charms, despite her forthright manners and her refusal to embrace her mother’s ladylike ways. She enters into an early marriage, but when the war between the Union and the Southern States breaks out and she is left a young widow, Scarlett’s life is turned upside down, and she finds herself embroiled, together with the world surrounding her, in a long struggle for survival.

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) skrev i sin levetid kun én roman, nemlig Borte med blæsten. Den udkom første gang i 1936 i hjemlandet USA, hvor den opnåede øjeblikkelig succes. I 1937 blev bogen tildelt Pulitzerprisen, og den er sidenhen solgt i mere end 30 millioner eksemplarer verden over. Borte med blæsten regnes i dag for en udødelig klassiker og filmatiseringen fra 1939 med Vivien Leigh og Clark Gable i hovedrollerne for en lige så udødelig filmklassiker.

Scarlett O'Hara vive en Tara, una gran plantación del estado sureño de Georgia, y está enamorada de Ashley Wilkes, que en breve contraerá matrimonio con Melanie Hamilton. Estamos en 1861, en los prolegómenos de la guerra de Secesión, y todos los jóvenes sureños muestran entusiasmo por entrar en combate, excepto el atractivo aventurero Rhett Butler. A Butler le gusta Scarlett, pero esta sigue enamorada de Ashley, que acaba de hacer público su compromiso con Melanie. Despechada, Scarlett acepta la propuesta de matrimonio de Charles, el hermano de Melanie, al que desprecia.

Der Weltbestseller, neu als Hörspiel inszeniert. Sie ist eine der bekanntesten, widersprüchlichsten und stärksten Frauenfiguren des 20. Jahrhunderts: Scarlett O’Hara, Heldin eines weltberühmten Romans und Films. Wie kann ihre Geschichte heute erzählt werden? An Scarletts Seite steht eine Persönlichkeit, die die Brüche der Zeit spürbar macht: Prissy. Als Sklavin und Dienstmädchen eigentlich Nebenfigur, sind sie und ihre Nachfahren in diesem Hörspiel Hauptfiguren, deren Erfahrungen bis ins heutige Berlin weiterverfolgt werden.

**Pre-order UTOPIA AVENUE, the spectacular new novel from David Mitchell.** Winner of the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. A magnificent achievement and an engrossing experience, David Mitchell's first novel announced the arrival of one of the most exciting writers of the twenty-first...

When Martin Trent rings home to announce his return from an assignment as a tour guide in Venice, Susan is filled with fear, a fear based on what has happened before, and her dread of further violence. Why does Susan put up with Martin's treatment? Though neighbours suspect what is going on, Susan covers her bruises with make-up and pretends that nothing is wrong and, despite everything, she loves Martin. But what is the truth about the relationship between Susan and Martin?

Margaret Mitchell was as complex and compelling as her legendary heroine, Scarlett O'Hara, and her story is as dramatic as anything out of her own imagination. Indeed, it is the basis for the legend she created. Gone with the Wind took the American reading public by storm and went on to become one of the most popular books and motion pictures of all time. The book was a phenomenon whose success has never been equaled, but it shattered Margaret Mitchell's private life.

On the Caribbean island of Saint Domingue, an island consumed by the flames of revolution, a senseless attack leaves only one survivor - an infant girl. She falls into the hands of two French émigrés, Henri and Solange Fournier, who take the beautiful child they call Ruth to the bustling American city of Savannah. What follows is the sweeping tale of Ruth's life as shaped by her strong-willed mistress and other larger-than-life personalities she encounters in the South.

Pup Morgan is a radical surfer. His dad, Mad Dog Morgan, is a surfing legend. Pup plus school, and Dad plus his job, just don't add up to happy times. One day they break out, and it's six weeks of full-on surfing and the ultimate in surfaris.

Lennie's great-grandfather played for the Cheetahs. So did his grandfather. So did his dad. They're footy legends.

‘I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins. Ideas honed in slavery – of the otherness, the boorishness, the inferiority of thy neighbour – have continued to travel through...