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Word: rhett (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...refused. Then Scarlett found that her shameless offer and his humiliating refusal had been overheard by a wicked man who despised Southern chivalry. Until this point, after more than a hundred of its many pages, Gone With the Wind is pretty hard going. But in Rhett Butler, Author Mitchell creates a character to match Scarlett, gives her a real enemy to fight. Rhett was as eager for change as Scarlett. He had got a bad reputation for his common-sense bluntness about Southern conventions. He said the Yanks would win the War because they had all the factories and because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Backdrop for Atlanta | 7/6/1936 | See Source »

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