《飘》是一部以美国南北战争为历史背景、以南方的社会生活为生活环境的全景社会小说。小说全面展现美国南方社会风貌以及各色人物在巨大的社会变革中的命运变迁，通过展现不同人物在混乱复杂的社会环境中的命运变化，揭示了不同的性格所必然走向不同的命运安排。作者运用女性所特有的观察视角，细微而又深刻地描写了以斯佳丽为中心人物，以瑞德、梅勒妮和艾希礼为主要性格人物的社会活动，通过他们的社会活动，展现了纷繁复杂的社会画面，以及他们各自不同的命运走向。本书自1936年首次出版后，在世界上被翻译成29种文字，总共销售了近3000万册。1937年，小说获得普利策奖。根据此书拍成的电影《乱世佳人》于1939年在亚特兰大举行首映，引起轰动，并迅速风靡全球。

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Gone with the Wind is a novel published in 1936 by American author Margaret Mitchell. This is a coming-of-age novel features one of the most well-known characters of American literature, Scarlett O’Hara. The book explores the effect of the American Civil War (1861-1865) on the characters and is set in the state of Georgia. It follows the life of the spoiled protagonist, Ms. O’Hara as she makes her way in the world, experiencing tragedy and romance while dealing with the social changes brought by the Civil War.

Gone with the Wind was immensely popular immediately, becoming the bestselling novel in America in 1936 and 1937. Margaret Mitchell, who was reluctant to publish her work, won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel in 1937. The novel has been adapted into an Academy Award-winning film starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, a play and a ballet. It has also been made into a musical in Japan, Britain and France.

Over 30 million copies of Gone with the Wind have been printed worldwide. The novel remains popular in the United States and is still studied in universities and colleges in the English-speaking world.