ABSTRACT
Gone With the Wind is one of the best selling books of all time, an astonishing publishing phenomenon. An instant success when it appeared in 1936, it has sold over 16 million hardback copies, and still sells over 100,000 hard copies each year (as well as many more paperbacks). Translated into twenty-seven languages, it has been published successfully in thirty-seven countries. The David Selznick film - like the book showered with awards, when it came out in 1939 — continues to be screened all over the world, and is regarded as one of the most popular films ever made.
