Scarlet Author:Alexandra Ripley "Gone with the wind...dramatic, romance, sweeping in its depiction of a time and place in American History, unparalleled in its portrayal of men and women at once larger than life and as real as ourselves...the book that, for over half a century, has been the most praised, the most popular, and the most beloved historical novel ever written in o... more »r about America.
Now, the story begun in Margaret Mitchell's great classic, the story that closed with a young woman telling herself, "tomorrow is another day," continues-and the love affair between Scarlet O'Hara and Rhett Butler, the greatest love affair in all fiction, reaches its startling culmination.
Four years in the writing, "Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind" is the product of painstaking research, admiration and respect for the original work, and the fertile imagination of accomplished and bestselling historical writer ALEXANDRA RIPLEY. "Scarlett" seamlessly picks up the narrative, bringing us back to Tara and the people we remember so well: Rhett, Ashley, Mammy, Suellen, Aunt Pittypat, and of course, Scarlett herself. We meet fascinating new men and women who enrich and enlarge the story. And we get to know many characters who stayed in the background of Margaret Mitchell's broad opus, as the sweep forward in this long awaited sequel.« less