Gone With the Wind
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Very few novels have as much of an impact on the world as Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind. The final scene's, "My dear, I don't give a damn." (Mitchell), is one of the most memorable and used quote from the novel (Mitchell). People who have not read the book or seen the movie recognize where the quote came from. Or, you will hear someone mention, "He is such a Rhett Butler" to someone who is charming. The novel is the number one selling book in the world-second only to the Bible (www.literarytraveller.com). It is unfortunate that more people don't spend the time to read it. They are surely missing out on easily the best novel to be written from an American author and possibly one of the top books of the world...