One of the greatest classical romances of the 20th century is Margaret Mitchell's, Gone With The Wind. The novel's title was taken by the novelist from the first line of the third stanza of the poem Non sum quails eram bonae sub regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson. The plot revolves round a southern belle Scarlett O'Hara and her tryst with destiny in the background of American Civil War.
Gone With The Wind's main protagonist Scarlett O'Hara was the daughter of a rich cotton plantation owner. She was a beauty and her intention was to get married to the heir of Twelve Oaks, Ashley Wilkes. For long years, Scarlett suffered under the misconception that she loved Ashley but could not get him. Through all the years of the ghastly American Civil War which claimed thousands and destroyed the lives, hopes and desires of many more, men had come and gone from Scarlett's life.
But one man, living on the fringes of society as he had refused to follow the norms of the genteel society was a constant shadowy figure in Scarlett's life. Much later, after the war, Rhett Butler became the man in her life, both as her husband and her love.
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