飘｜Gone with the Wind

原著作者｜玛格丽特·米切尔 In the spring of 1861 at Tara plantation in Georgia the American South camellias were in full bloom Seventeen year old Scarlett stood on the porch with her gray green eyes as cunning as a cat Her waist measured only seventeen inches she was the slimmest girl in the county Her father Ocrsley was an upstart who had won the plantation through gambling Her mother Ellen was of French noble descent every movement elegant Scarlett believed she should be the center of every ball every man in the world should fall at her feet Then came the day of the Twelve Oaks barbecue Scarlett dressed carefully she was going to confess her love to Ashley Ashley had golden hair and blue eyes the most gentle and graceful gentleman in the county He accepted Scarlett's embrace in the hallway but when he spoke he said I will marry Melanie Scarlett could not believe her ears She dragged Ashley into the study demanding why he did not love her Ashley said I am attracted by your vitality but I love Melanie Scarlett grabbed a vase in anger and threw it at the wall At that moment a laugh came from behind the sofa Rhett Butler stepped out of the shadows a rogue expelled from West Point He had witnessed the entire confession thinking this girl was fascinating At least she was not hypocritical Before the party ended cannons thundered war between North and South had begun Men were wild with excitement to join the army only Rhett sneered the South will lose Two months later Scarlett married Charles Melanie's brother Newlyweds Charles went to war and died Seventeen year old Scarlett became a widow She moved to Atlanta to live with Melanie At a charity ball for the army Scarlett met Rhett again Rhett bid one hundred and fifty dollars to dance with her According to custom a widow could not dance Scarlett hesitated a second then reached out her hand to Rhett She twirled in the dance floor her skirts flying up In that moment she declared war on the entire old world The flames drew closer Atlanta was surrounded by Union troops Melanie was about to give birth all doctors were taken to care for the wounded Scarlett was terrified she wanted to return to Tara to find her mother But she could not abandon Melanie The girl who once complained that a handkerchief was too heavy mustered courage to deliver Melanie's baby A baby's cry pierced the night sky Scarlett got a broken carriage from Rhett and fled through the burning city Halfway Rhett decided to join the army He left Scarlett alone on the road Scarlett braved the artillery fire to rush back to Tara what awaited her was hell on earth Her mother had just died of typhoid Her father had gone insane from grief Her two sisters were sick in bed Only three old servants remained all the slaves had run away The once wealthy plantation had been looted clean not a grain of food left Scarlett looked at the ruins Irish blood ran through her veins She took off her velvet dress put on coarse homespun At nineteen she became the sole pillar of the family She picked cotton grew vegetables milked cows A Yankee deserter broke into the house to steal Scarlett grabbed a gun shot him dead She calmly looted the body for money That delicate Southern belle was dead What survived was a tough woman who would do anything to survive The war ended the South lost The old social order collapsed the rich became poor Tara faced massive taxes unable to pay the plantation would be auctioned Scarlett went to find Rhett in prison but Rhett was also locked up On the road she met Frank her sister's fiancé Frank had just opened a store he had some money Scarlett without hesitation launched her plan B She lied that her sister had lost interest then used her charm to steal Frank away She traded marriage for money paid the taxes saved Tara After marrying Frank Scarlett started doing business She found the lumber business profitable She hired convict labor to cut costs did business with Yankees She drove her carriage through dangerous slums alone All of Atlanta high society despised her A woman doing business in that era was scandalous But Scarlett knew clearly the old world was dead To survive she must adapt to this new world And Ashley the man she loved had become completely useless after the war Except for reading poetry and reminiscing he could do nothing Scarlett often wondered what had she loved all her life Then tragedy struck Scarlett was attacked while driving through a black neighborhood alone Frank joined a cleanup gang to avenge her and was killed Scarlett became a widow for the third time Then Rhett finally appeared He had made a fortune from the war he proposed to Scarlett He said we are the same kind of people cold greedy and ruthless Only I see your true self and still love you Scarlett accepted his proposal Their marriage was luxurious and sweet Rhett bought Scarlett a big house and the most expensive jewelry Their daughter Bonnie was born Rhett began doing charity to help Bonnie enter high society He started pleasing the old aristocrats he had once despised But in Scarlett's heart Ashley always lived 前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动