Gone with the Wind
飘
Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. It depicts the experiences of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty. A historical novel, the story is coming-of-age story, with the title taken from a poem written by Ernest Dowson. Gone with the Wind was popular with American readers from the onset and was the top American fiction bestseller in the year it was published and in 1937. As of 2014, a Harris poll found it to be the second favorite book of American readers, just behind the Bible.
《飘》是玛格丽特·米切尔发表于1936年的一部长篇小说。故事发生在美国内战和战后重建时期佐治亚州的克莱顿郡和亚特兰大市，讲述了富足的种植园主宠溺的千金斯佳丽·奥哈拉如何不计一切手段摆脱贫穷的故事。这样历史题材的小说，正是主人公的成长小说。小说的标题摘自欧内斯特·道森的一首诗作。小说发表伊始便受到美国读者的一致欢迎，荣登当年和1937年的畅销书榜首。根据2014年哈里斯调查结果，它是美国读者第二喜欢的书，仅仅次于圣经。
Margaret Mitchell was imaginative in the use of color symbolism, especially the colors red and green, which surround Scarlett O'Hara. Mitchell identified the primary theme as survival. She left the ending speculative for the reader, however. She was often asked what became of her lovers, Rhett and Scarlett. She did not know, and said, “For all I know, Rhett may have found someone else who was less difficult.”
玛格丽特·米切尔在运用颜色的象征意义方面充满想象力，尤其是斯佳丽·奥哈拉身上的红与绿。米切尔将生存设定为小说的首要主题，将模棱两可的结局留给读者。在多次被问到她笔下的情人瑞德和斯嘉丽最后怎么样时，她总是一幅不知情的态度说道：“我也只是知道，瑞德也许找到了一个没那么难应付的人。”
Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the book in 1937. It was adapted into a 1939 American film. This great book is often read or misread through the film.
米切尔凭该书获得1937年的普利策奖，1939年该书在美国被改编成电影。人们常常通过这部电影来解读或误读这部伟大的小说。
