Gone with the Wind

The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
"Novel by Margaret Mitchell, published in 1936. Gone With the Wind is a
sweeping, romantic story about the American Civil War from the point
of view of the Confederacy. In particular it is the story of Scarlett
O'Hara, a headstrong Southern belle who survives the hardships of the
war and afterwards manages to establish a successful business by
capitalizing on the struggle to rebuild the South. Throughout the book
she is motivated by her unfulfilled love for Ashley Wilkes, an
honorable man who is happily married. After a series of marriages and
failed relationships with other men, notably the dashing Rhett Butler,
she has a change of heart and determines to win Rhett back."