Gone with the Wind is considered one of the world's best-selling classic novels. The story revolves around the repercussions of the American Civil War on Southern farmers, the rise of industrial society with the imposition of the victors' values, the emancipation of slaves, and the collapse of feudal society. Its impact on individuals is depicted through interwoven love stories centered around the Southern heroine Scarlett O'Hara, who loves Ashley Wilkes, an heir to a Southern estate. He doesn't reciprocate her love, so she marries Charles Hamilton, the brother of Wilkes' wife Melanie, to stay close to her beloved. Then appears the adventurous hero Rhett Butler, who loves Scarlett, but she only realizes this at the end, after he leaves her, despite having married him. This famous novel was adapted into a highly successful film, which the American Film Institute ranked fourth on its list of the hundred greatest films.
