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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tie between "Gone With the Wind" and "War and Peace." GWTW is considered the American W&P.[/quote]

Really????[/quote]

Have you ever read it? Incredible descriptions, details, and complexity of characters make it a book to be read, regardless of your views about the south, etc.[/quote]

I am not the poster quoted above, but I have read it. I don't argue with anyone who enjoys it or any other book. I also enjoy a lot of fiction that is certainly not literary. However, I don't think any modern critic would consider it the "American W & P" . GWTW is fine as a romantic novel, but it falsely glamorizes the Old South, slavery, and portrays the KKK as a heroic group. It is conventionally written, and cannot be considered on a par with War and Peace because it is ultimately based on a falsehood. Does any school ( high school or college) use it as part of the curriculu

m? Many scholars around the world still study War and Peace; nobody studies GWTW. Enjoy it a a romantic novel, but don;t compare it to great works of literature.[/quote]

Not on the absurdly politically correct DCUM.

Why so pretentious?  People are allowed to have opinions. [/quote][/quote]

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