Gone with the Wind is a book.
Gone with the Wind (film) . When adjusted for monetary inflation , it is still the most successful film in box-office history . Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell , first published in 1936 . This historical novel features a Bildungsroman or coming-of-age story , with the title taken from a poem written by Ernest Dowson . Gone with the Wind is the only novel by Mitchell published during her lifetime .