00:00No, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
00:02If you have not heard about this novel yet, then you must be living under a rock.
00:06Set in the American South during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras,
00:10this epic historical novel tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara,
00:14a young woman who lives on a large plantation in Georgia with her family.
00:18When the war breaks out, Scarlett's life is turned upside down
00:22as she struggles to keep her family's land in fortune while dealing with the loss of her loved ones.
00:27Despite its controversial portrayal of slavery in the antebellum South,
00:31Gone with the Wind is one of the most popular and influential novels ever written.
00:35It has sold over 300 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a critically acclaimed film in 1939.
00:43Number 7. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
00:47Published in 1859.
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