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August 16 being the day Margaret Mitchell died, we thought a tribute was in order. But then, between us being ourselves and a lovely lady reader giving us advice, that tribute quickly evolved into a series. So why not declare this week a Margaret Mitchell week and have a little snippet of her letters/writing outside Gone with the Wind each day, while inviting you to share your thoughts on MM and GWTW with us? Sounds like a good enough plan, so let's proceed, shall we? Today being the first day of our tribute, and the date on which Margaret Mitchell passed away, we thought we'd simply invite you to share what Gone with the Wind means to you and the impact Margaret Mitchell's writing has had on your life so far. This thread will be open all week, so please join us and leave your comments below.
We'll go first:
iso:
Like many Windies, it's hard for me to fully express what Margaret Mitchell and Gone with the Wind mean
to me. But the most succinct answer I can give in this short space is
that Margaret Mitchell was the first author to make me truly fall in
love with literature. No book before or since has moved me like Gone with the Wind has. No other author has ever inspired me the way Margaret Mitchell first
did, through the sheer power of her words and her characters, to want
to be a writer myself one day. Everyone deserves to have a book like
that in their lives--a book that
inspires love for the written word--and Gone with the Wind is my book. And for that, thank you, Margaret Mitchell!
Bugsie:
Dear Mrs. Mitchell,
I've
often wondered what it was about your book that made me always remember
it, for I've known many books that were prettier than it and certainly
more innovative and, I fear, historically much more objective and kind.
But somehow, I always remembered Gone with the Wind. Even during
the years when I thought I had grown out of it and was immersed into so
many other wonderful books, I always remembered yours and wondered what
Scarlett and Rhett were doing. And there I have my answer, for no other book, however wonderful, has ever given me
characters like yours. Characters so strong that I see them not only as old friends, but almost as real people. Gone with the Wind and its figures are simply part of my life now and that's all there is to it.
Cheesily,
Bugsie
Well, now it's your turn! Kicking off the week-long Margaret Mitchell thread.
