Gone WITH the Wind' is a classic novel written by Margaret Mitchell and published in 1936. It tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara, a strong-willed Southern belle who struggles to survive the Civil War and Reconstruction. The novel was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1939, starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. The phrase 'Gone WITH the Wind' has become a popular idiom, referring to something that has been lost or destroyed.