The Wind Done Gone

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The Wind Done Gone is a 2001 parody novel by Alice Randall that retells the story of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind from the perspective of a formerly enslaved Black woman. Mitchell's novel, published in 1936, follows the life of Scarlett O'Hara during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era in Georgia. It has been criticized for perpetuating racist and sexist themes and for romanticizing the Confederacy and the antebellum South. Randall's novel challenges the "Lost Cause" interpretation of the war presented in Mitchell's work. Mitchell's estate attempted to block the publication of The Wind Done Gone on copyright infringement grounds, but the case was settled out of court.12

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…spurred Alice Randall to create The Wind Done Gone (2001), a parody of the 20th century’s most extensively read historical novel, Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind (1936).
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…spurred Alice Randall to create The Wind Done Gone (2001), a parody of the 20th century’s most extensively read historical novel, Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind (1936).
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