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Margaret Mitchell

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Scarlett O'Hara pursues the wrong man across a burning South while the right one watches her with a smile.

Content Warnings
war/combatdeath of loved onegriefabuse (physical)domestic violence

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A monumental classic considered by many to be not only the greatest love story ever written, but also the greatest Civil War saga.

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