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myLot reputation of 97/100. jonjee0203 (4680) 3 years ago

I was shocked to learn that Margaret Mitchell wrote only one book in her life. That book was the classic, " Gone with the Wind". She was apparently killed while crossing the street. That is life. So much promise and all because of some driver on the road,we have become so much the poorer literary!


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1. Alderica (76)   ranked 10 out of 25 in gone with the wind   3 years ago

Wow, I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing...
Its true, it's a waste of a tremendous talent. On the other hand, who knows if she could have bettered her life's work.


myLot reputation of 97/100. jonjee0203 (4680)  3 years ago

Yes, it was truly sad to know that she passed on. After a 5 day coma, she died without regaining consciousness in the hospital.Yes, 'Gone with the Wind' is a Pulitzer Prize winner. It stands out as one of the books of all times. The film was super as well!

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2. myLot reputation of 96/100. thea09 (5382)   ranked 4 out of 25 in gone with the wind   3 years ago

Well she'd already said before her death that she had no intention of writing another book. Obviously she was begged to write a sequel but always said she never would.


myLot reputation of 97/100. jonjee0203 (4680)  3 years ago

I did not know that. Maybe she would if there was a more compelling reason to write another book or even a sequel for 'Gone with the Wind'. Whatever, it is ,we will never get to see another book of her.

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3. myLot reputation of 99/100. cyrus123 (3255)   3 years ago

Hi jonjee0203! This is one of my favorite movies of all time! I didn't know how she died, myself. That is so terrible! You wouldn't happen to know how old she was at the time of her death, would you? I just didn't know if she lived to ripe old age or if she died young or what. Kathy.


myLot reputation of 97/100. jonjee0203 (4680)  3 years ago

She died at 49. She was crossing the road to see a play called 'The Canterbury Tales' when she was struck down by by off-duty cab man. The cab man was convicted of manslaughter and jailed for 11 months. Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her book, "Gone with the Wind".

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4. myLot reputation of 97/100. lelin1123 (9052)   3 years ago

I had no idea that she only wrote the one book and that she died that way. What a waste of so much creativity. Could you imagine what more she could have written. What a shame. Now I want to watch the movie. Thanks for sharing this info.

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5. Northbright (7)   3 years ago

For some people it may not be the number that matters most but the quality. In her case she gave her best to the one thing she wanted to do best and the whole world acknowledged it.

I found her work deeply engrossing that I found myself skipping meals just to go on reading.

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6. myLot reputation of 98/100. marguicha (10885)   2 years ago

I have not read the book so I don´t know how good a book it was. Although, if it was a Pulitzer prize, it must have been good. But the movie theat was made based on that book is a classic and I doubt that it will be forgotten. I saw it the first time with my mother. I was little and my mom had seen it before she took me. Then, decades leter, I took my daughters and then, later still, I took my grandaughter. I´m glad that once in a while they put it in the cinemas again. It is not a picture to see from a television, no matter how big.
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myLot reputation of 89/100. jkct01 (333)  1 year ago

I love what you said about "took your daughter, then garnd daughter" to see the film. It is so sweet.

"it is not a picture to see from a tv, NO MATTER HOW BIG" hehehe 100% agree with that!!!!

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7. myLot reputation of 94/100. kiran8 (2881)   2 years ago

Yes that seems amazing ! A person writing just one book which is probably considered to be one of the most famous and popular classic of the world.But again I doubt if she herself could have come up with another book comparable to her one and only classic.I dint know that she died in a road accident ...Have a nice dayhappy

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8. myLot reputation of 98/100. williamjisir (14129)   1 year ago

I did not know the fact and I felt very sorry to know about her accidental death caused by a driver on the road. It is a great pity that this talent writer died this way. I like the novel very much. I not only read the novel, but watched the movie as well. I was so deeply attracted by its wonderful writing and performance of the actresses and actors. Bless Margaret Mitchell.


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