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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 08:16 AM
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Never mind the dumbass sequels--do you think Scarlett got Rhett back?

I personally don't. I think he'd had it. I think she probably made a nuisance of herself for awhile, and then finally accepted that he was through.



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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 08:25 AM
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1. Since He Didn't Give a Damn
probably not.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 08:30 AM
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2. I think they both wanted what they could not have....
he, Scarlett (while she was obsessed with Ashley) and She, Ashley (prior to Melanie's death). Once the dynamics changed, so too, did the allure: he, no longer wanting Scarlett now that she wanted him, and she, no longer wanting Ashley, now that he "could be had."

So, no.... probably not...
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 07:46 PM
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3. What about the house,
She was so obsessed with that big house - what'd she call it - I forget. I wonder if she got to keep it, and if so, who cleaned it with the slaves gone?

Raccoon, I think that part of the story is gone with the wind, but you can surely see how a sequel was and is desperately needed.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 07:52 PM
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4. Well, she owned Tara, if that's what you mean...
As for the house in Atlanta, she says she's going back to Tara... so I don't gather she cares that much about the big Atlanta house.
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 07:59 PM
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5. Yep, Tara's the one I meant.
Thank you . . . . she liked that big ole house more than Rhett or Ashley. And what woman in her right mind would have preferred Trevor Howard over Clark Gable. It puts this book in the realm of science fiction.
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 08:29 AM
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6. Leslie Howard was Ashley. But I agree, I can't see any woman preferring him over Gable. nt
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-05-08 08:12 PM
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7. Brain hiccup..... I preferred Trevor to Leslie but really liked neither..thanks...nt
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JustAnotherGen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-08 08:58 PM
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8. No
No way. Watch: Two Can Play That Game.

She panicked. I'm telling you - you have to play it cool with these guys.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 03:01 PM
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9. I always liked to think so. They were well suited. nt
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Gwendolyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 01:21 PM
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10. No, he was so done with her.
Never saw any sequel, but I think they would've corresponded because of the child, scathing letters probably, maybe met again once or twice on the daughter's life occasions like her marriage. Maybe a few half-hearted machinations on Scarlett's part over the years. In keeping with those kinds of epics, fate would have thrown them together, a chance meeting at a cafe or something in their old age and had a wistful conversation full of regrets before parting forever.
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Staph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 06:46 PM
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12. No child left!
Their daughter together, Bonnie, died after falling off a horse. In the novel, Scarlett has two other children, her son Wade by Charles Hamilton and her daughter Ella by Frank Kennedy (these children didn't exist in the movie). While Rhett is kind to his step-children, I don't think that their existence would be enough to draw the two of them back together.



(Why, yes, thank you for asking, I actually do have a life in the 21st century!)
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Gwendolyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-08 12:45 AM
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13. Holy Moly, you're right!!
It's been YEARS since I saw that flick, and never did read the book. But now that you mention it, I do remember the scene where she falls from the horse. :dunce:

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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-16-08 05:47 PM
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11. No, he got some therapy and finally got over her.
:thumbsup:

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