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Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind on an oak table, using a Remington, in front of the window in the corner of the dining room of the small apartment where she lived. Last month the novel turned 75. The Atlanta History Center, which curates the Margaret Mitchell House, is celebrating the event with an exhibit called Atlanta's Book: The Lost 'Gone With the Wind' Manuscript , which runs through September. In the exhibition you will be able to see four of the original chapters of the novel, including the last one, which the author wrote first.
The original manuscript was borrowed from the Pequot Library in Connecticut, which obtained it in the early 1950s from the president of Macmillan, Mitchell's previous publisher. “Margaret Special Data Mitchell submitted only one version of her manuscript to the publisher, the first draft she wrote, and the novel was published immediately, without editing,” explains Ellen Brown, co-author of the book Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone With the Wind': A Bestseller's Odyssey From Atlanta to Hollywood . The original title was Manuscript of the Old South and Scarlett O'Hara's name was Pansy.
The novel was translated into 35 languages and sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide in 75 years. It won the Pulitzer Prize and by the time the film was released, the book had already sold over two million copies in 16 languages. Today the book still sells 75,000 copies a year in North America alone. The current publisher, Scribner, has released a commemorative edition costing $18, which features the original cover. Contains an introduction by novelist Pat Conroy, whose mother was so enamored of the novel that she changed her middle name to Margaret. Source: Classic novel 'Gone With the Wind' turns 75 .
The original manuscript was borrowed from the Pequot Library in Connecticut, which obtained it in the early 1950s from the president of Macmillan, Mitchell's previous publisher. “Margaret Special Data Mitchell submitted only one version of her manuscript to the publisher, the first draft she wrote, and the novel was published immediately, without editing,” explains Ellen Brown, co-author of the book Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone With the Wind': A Bestseller's Odyssey From Atlanta to Hollywood . The original title was Manuscript of the Old South and Scarlett O'Hara's name was Pansy.
The novel was translated into 35 languages and sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide in 75 years. It won the Pulitzer Prize and by the time the film was released, the book had already sold over two million copies in 16 languages. Today the book still sells 75,000 copies a year in North America alone. The current publisher, Scribner, has released a commemorative edition costing $18, which features the original cover. Contains an introduction by novelist Pat Conroy, whose mother was so enamored of the novel that she changed her middle name to Margaret. Source: Classic novel 'Gone With the Wind' turns 75 .