Gone with the Wind...

Gone with the Wind... (1)

reading an epic novel has its own charm, its own attraction so to say. the sheer volume did make me wonder if i was outta ma mind! for this was no 'mills and boons' or 'Nicholas Sparks' or a classic that was going to venture. it was Margret Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind'. i had spent weeks thinking would i be able to complete or shall it meet the with fate of Hardy's 'Return of the Native', which i read in bits and rapidly schemed through till the time Mrs. Yeobright set on the fateful journey. a lot of questions ran across. so this American classic was my Everest for the summer. it was my idea of defying my own lethargy.  

every sporting event requires a thorough warm up. reading, in my view needs the same. thus, EM Forster's 'A Room With a View' and 'Maurice', Judith Guest's 'Ordinary People', F.Scott Fitzgerald's classic 'The Great Gatsby', 'The Quilt' by Ismat Chughtai and short stories by Premchand  proved to awaken the ardent reader in me. i became restless and addicted. i wanted more. i knew i was ready to for Scarlett O'Hara and her Southern world. 

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