Gone With the Wind

The 1939 film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone With the Wind is rightly famous as an epic. For all its near 4 hour running time (depending on edition), I remember being surprised at how well the time flowed, and how gripping it was. I honestly had no idea where it was going, but was keen to find out. I only saw the film in its entirety only a year or two ago; today I finished the 1011 page book. Or it finished me. I am blind, but in a good way.

( Usual review-type disclaimers of laziness and spoiler warnings, if you haven't caught up with your 70-year-old reading and viewing. )

EDIT: Just out of curiosity, who's actually read it?