GoneWiththeWind(飘).pptVIP

Adapted into the famous movie:Gone with the wind另译为《乱世佳人》（1939） About the Author Margaret Mitchell 玛格丽特·米切尔 (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American author and journalist. One novel by Mitchell was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel, Gone with the Wind. For it she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. About The Author It takes Margaret 10 years writing this novel.Gone with the wind is the only work in her life. It maks her famous and name down in the history of world literature. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia(美国佐治亚州亚特兰大市). She spent her childhood in the laps of Civil War veterans and of her maternal relatives, who had lived through the Civil War. Content and Background The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. It depicts the experiences of Scarlett OHara, the spoiled(被宠坏的) daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty she finds herself in after Shermans March to the Sea. Content and Background The novel is in the background of the American Civil War(美国南北战争1861,4,12–1865年4,9),and its main line is that the good strong ,self-centered, wayward (任性)daughter of an Irish immigrant plantation owner, Scarlett OHara entangled in Love and hate between several men accompanying the major changes of the society and history,with everything familiar and everything old gone with the wind. Comment：“Gone with the Wind”is a swan song （挽歌）of human love and is also a grand historical picture reflecting the profound changes in many aspects of the social, political,economic and moral . Content and Background 小说以美国南北战争为背景，主线是好强、任性的庄园主小姐斯佳丽纠缠在几个男人之间的爱恨情仇，与之相伴的还有社会、历史的重大变迁，旧日熟悉的一切的一去不返…… 评价：《飘》既是一首人类爱情的绝唱，又是一幅反映社会政治、经济、道德诸多方面巨大而深刻变化的宏大历史画卷. Theme M