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Alexandra Ripley, author of Scarlett...
Alexandra Ripley, author of Scarlett...
...Boston Cecilia Chorus and Period Instrument Orchestra--begins its 116th season with Handel's Israel in Egypt and Organ Concerto in F. With soprano Nancy Armstrong, soprano and alto Laurie Monahan, tenor Paul Kirby and basses Robert Honeysucker and David Ripley. Tickets are $25, $16 and $8. Call 232-4540. In the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall Saturday...
SCARLETT by Alexandra Ripley (Warner Books; $24.95). This gilding-the- cornflowe r sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind is at last in the bookstores, amid megabucks of hype. And frankly, my dear, it's not worth a damn...
Scarlett weaves together the lives of scores of old and new characters in a very readable manner. The disappointing nature of the book as a whole is not entirely Ripley's fault, as her task was nearly impossible from the start. She has attempted to conclude a tale that was never meant to be concluded. Margaret Mitchell said that there could never be a sequel. She was right...