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Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" - Alexandra Ripley

Description: ISBN 0446363251 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Alexandra Ripley, Stephens Mitchell / Mass Market Paperback / 896 Pages / Book is published ... more

Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" - Alexandra Ripley ... 1992-10 by Grand Central Publishing

Newest Review: ... a basic period pot-boiler, the story would stand up quite well for itself; the wandering plot makes quite a good sort of ... more

... sense, the writing style is - a bit toe-curling in places but generally all right, and it certainly holds the reader's attention well - even throughout the hundreds and hundreds of pages of purplish prose ('Scarlett' being a real door-stopper of a blockbuster book). But as a sequel to 'Gone With the Wind' it disappoints on almost every level. The characters who have survived Ms Ripley's early editorial cull - basically Scarlett and Rhett - are changed almost out of all recognition, and the 'moral compass' of the book - e...more

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Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" - Alexandra Ripley: Like so many sequels, a bit of a disappointment (817 words)
by - written on 27/09/09 (Very useful, 35 readings)
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In its way, 'Scarlett' - Alexandra Ripley's 1991 sequel to Margaret Mitchell's classic book 'Gone With the Wind' is quite well researched - in that Ms Ripley has obviously gone through the original with a fine-tooth comb in order to find subsidiary characters who might or might not have been mentioned in the first book and who could play a part in this one. Elderley grandfathers, maiden aunts, the in-laws - and more distant relations than you can shake a stick at - hordes and hordes of O'Hara cousins! An unfeasibly ancient Irish grandmother! They all show up to do their turn in 'Scarlett' at some point. The inclusion of all these supporting players is ... Read the complete review

what happened next for scarlett and rhett? (892 words)
by - written on 20/02/09 (Very useful, 241 readings)
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About the author Alexandra Ripley was born in January 1934 in Charleston, USA, and was best known for the book Scarlett, which despite many poor reviews was a best seller. She was chosen to write the book by the Margaret Mitchell estate in 1990, the book was published in 1991. Despite being chosen to write the sequel for gone with the wind, one of the most popular and beloved books of all time, Alexandra Ripley did not even like the character of Scarlett and seems to have little respect for the original. 'There are two reasons why I'm doing this book, I can't resist it, and as soon as this is done I will be able to write anything I want to. I really ... Read the complete review