《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。《飘》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,《飘》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。《飘》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,《飘》获得普利策奖。根据《飘》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。 《飘》本书为英文原版,同时提供配套朗读免费下载,扫描图书封底二维码即可直收听页面。让读者在阅读精彩故事的同时,亦能提升英文阅读水平。 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.<br/>【推荐语】<br/> 《飘》是美国女作家玛格丽特·米切尔十年磨一剑的作品,也是惟一的作品。《飘》以亚特兰大以及附近的一个种植园为故事场景,描绘了内战前后美国南方人的生活。通过对主人公斯佳丽与白瑞德的爱情纠缠为主线,成功地再现了林肯领导的南北战争,美国南方地区的社会生活。 《飘》本书为英文原版,同时提供配套朗读免费下载,扫描图书封底二维码即可直收听页面。让读者在阅读精彩故事的同时,亦能提升英文阅读水平。<br/>【作者】<br/> 《飘》 玛格丽特·米切尔,1900年出生于美国佐治亚州亚特兰大市的一个律师家庭。曾就读于华盛顿神学院、马萨诸塞州的史密斯学院。1922-1926年任地方报纸《亚特兰大日报》的记者。她于1926年始创作《飘》,10年之后,《飘》才问世。随后,《飘》获得了1937年普利策奖和美国出版商协会奖。她一生中只发表了《飘》这部长篇巨著。<br/>