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'''''Rhett Butler's People''''' by [[Donald McCaig]] is an authorized sequel to ''[[Gone with the Wind]]''. It was published in November 2007. |
'''''Rhett Butler's People''''' by [[Donald McCaig]] is an authorized sequel to ''[[Gone with the Wind]]''. It was published in November 2007. |
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Fully authorized by the [[Margaret Mitchell]] [[Estate (law)|estate]], ''Rhett Butler’s People'' is a novel that parallels ''Gone with the Wind'' from Rhett Butler's perspective.<ref name="yn">{{cite web|date=October 28, 2007|title= Second 'Gone with the Wind' sequel ready |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_en_ot/rhett_butler_book |publisher=Yahoo News|accessdate=2007-10-29 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071030222831/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_en_ot/rhett_butler_book <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-30}}</ref> The book was unveiled on November 3, 2007,<ref name="yn" /> after several years of setbacks and two previous authors.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|date=May 16, 2007 |title=Rhett, Scarlett and Friends Prepare for Yet Another Encore |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/books/16book.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |first=Motoko |last=Rich |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |
Fully authorized by the [[Margaret Mitchell]] [[Estate (law)|estate]], ''Rhett Butler’s People'' is a novel that parallels ''Gone with the Wind'' from Rhett Butler's perspective.<ref name="yn">{{cite web|date=October 28, 2007|title= Second 'Gone with the Wind' sequel ready |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_en_ot/rhett_butler_book |publisher=Yahoo News|accessdate=2007-10-29 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071030222831/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_en_ot/rhett_butler_book <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-30}}</ref> The book was unveiled on November 3, 2007,<ref name="yn" /> after several years of setbacks and two previous authors.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|date=May 16, 2007 |title=Rhett, Scarlett and Friends Prepare for Yet Another Encore |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/books/16book.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |first=Motoko |last=Rich |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=2007-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |
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| accessdate = }}</ref> Both [[Emma Tennant]] and [[Pat Conroy]] had previously been commissioned by the estate to produce the book.<ref name="nyt" /> |
| accessdate = }}</ref> Both [[Emma Tennant]] and [[Pat Conroy]] had previously been commissioned by the estate to produce the book.<ref name="nyt" /> |
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McCaig chose to disregard the [[novel]] ''[[Scarlett (Ripley novel)|Scarlett]]'' by [[Alexandra Ripley]]. He does not acknowledge its existence in the [[Canon (fiction)|canon]] of ''Gone with the Wind'', nor does his novel incorporate any of its characters. McCaig's impression was that the Margaret Mitchell estate was "thoroughly embarrassed" by Ripley's novel.<ref name=Telegraph/> |
McCaig chose to disregard the [[novel]] ''[[Scarlett (Ripley novel)|Scarlett]]'' by [[Alexandra Ripley]]. He does not acknowledge its existence in the [[Canon (fiction)|canon]] of ''Gone with the Wind'', nor does his novel incorporate any of its characters. McCaig's impression was that the Margaret Mitchell estate was "thoroughly embarrassed" by Ripley's novel.<ref name=Telegraph/> |
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Revision as of 23:25, 3 December 2015
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| Author | Donald McCaig |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel, Romance |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | November 2007 (hardcover) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 512 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0312262515 (hardcover) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | Gone with the Wind |
Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig is an authorized sequel to Gone with the Wind. It was published in November 2007.
Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler’s People is a novel that parallels Gone with the Wind from Rhett Butler's perspective.[1] The book was unveiled on November 3, 2007,[1] after several years of setbacks and two previous authors.[2][3] Both Emma Tennant and Pat Conroy had previously been commissioned by the estate to produce the book.[2]
McCaig chose to disregard the novel Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley. He does not acknowledge its existence in the canon of Gone with the Wind, nor does his novel incorporate any of its characters. McCaig's impression was that the Margaret Mitchell estate was "thoroughly embarrassed" by Ripley's novel.[4]
Rhett Butler's People attempts to present a semi-journalistic view of the life and times of Rhett Butler, while remaining faithful to the original Mitchell work. The Rhett-Scarlett love-story is downplayed.
The novel begins with a duel which is mentioned in Gone with the Wind. This is the reason that Rhett is not received in Charleston society. Eventually the novel flashes back to when Rhett was twelve years old. It continues through the time covered by Gone with the Wind and retells the story. The story is not told solely from Rhett's perspective. It proceeds to relate other moments from the time during the original novel and then adds a new ending. The book only goes a short way past the timeline of Gone with the Wind (unlike the sequel Scarlett, which travels several years farther).
Reception
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The Daily Telegraph described McCaig's Butler as "touchy-feely".[4] In The New York Times, Stephen Carter noted that the character of Rhett Butler was made into a more human, flawed person than either Mitchell or Ripley portrayed him to be. However, he stated that the novel transformed Rhett from the man of mystery that drew readers to him into "a version of the angst-ridden, on-the-make, love-struck antihero of modern fiction: Rhett Butler as channeled by Rabbit Angstrom [of Rabbit, Run] or T. S. Garp [of The World According to Garp]." He then wondered if such a Rhett was one wanted by readers.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Second 'Gone with the Wind' sequel ready". Yahoo News. October 28, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ^ a b Rich, Motoko (May 16, 2007). "Rhett, Scarlett and Friends Prepare for Yet Another Encore". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- ^ Patrick, Bethanne (November 7, 2007). "Gone but Not Forgotten: Rhett Butler's People". The Washington Post. pp. C08.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b Whitworth, Melissa (November 20, 2007). "Fiction: This Rhett Butler does give a damn". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
- ^ Carter, Stephen L. (November 4, 2007). "Almost a Gentleman". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
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