Scarlett 2

Scarlett Split-Volume (3) Editions #2

by Alexandra Ripley

Genres: Romance, Historical

420 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 1993

About the author

Alexandra Ripley was an American writer best known as the author of Scarlett, the sequel to Gone with the Wind. Her first novel was Who's the Lady in the President's Bed?. Charleston, her first historical novel, was a bestseller, as were her next books On Leaving Charleston, The Time Returns, and New Orleans Legacy. Scarlett received some bad reviews, but was very successful nonetheless. She attended the elite Ashley Hall, in Charleston, South Carolina, and Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

She died in Richmond, Virginia, and is survived by two daughters from her first marriage to Leonard Ripley, a son in law and granddaughter, Alexandra Elizabeth.

Ripley has also published works under the name B.K. Ripley.

Reviews

[Andrei Bădică · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Scarlett se pregăti de luptă. Mătușile erau terifiate de tatăl lor, dar ea nu. Singurătatea îngrozitoare pe care o cunoscuse în Atlanta o făcuse timidă, temătoare, dornică să placă în Charleston."
"Ura Charlestonul. Ura societatea lor - carnețelele de bal și cozile de bal pe care trebuia să le faci când erai primit și regulile nescrise pe care le trebuia să le cunoască și nu le cunoștea, imoralitatea pe care ei o acceptau și ipocrizia cu care o condamnau pentru păcate pe care nu le comisese niciodată."

[Bluetiful Hadeel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sequel.
But is it a great sequel?
For me, it was really fun reading all about how the relationship of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara develops.
It's not as good as Gone with the wind of course and yet it's not that bad.


Star for the amusing dialogue between Rhett and Scarlett
Star for the idea of the sequel
Star for the characters' development

[Sandi Niemeyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" has always been my favorite novel, so I had little hope for the sequel by another author. Much to my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It is not hard to imagine the continuation of Scarlett story.

[Edna Nová · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pokud to lze, tak ještě horší než první díl. Zde jsem nepokrytě přetáčela stránky. Irska rovina příběhu mohla byt zajímavá, povstání proti útlaku je přece vždy WOW. No a zde není.
Kniha samozřejmě také končí kvalitním sexem.
Ale!! Vlastně je to dobre, protože ten sex není tak stupidní jako scénář stejnojmenného snímku, kdy dokonce autoři neváhají hlavní hrdinku odsoudit za vraždu milence jak v nějaké vážně ujete telenovele. Ale svůj nesoulad s filmovou adaptaci si asi nechám pro jiný prostor.
Nutno říct, ze kniha, ve které autorka několikrát doslovně zdůrazní, jak je hlavní mužská postava sexy alfa samec, tak pro mě nemá valnou úroveň (protože alfa samec tyhle kecy nepotrebuje, on tím vyzařuje).
Jsem znechucená, otravená, zklamaná. Ale já to věděla, věděla jsem do jakého bahna jdu a stejně jsem do toho sla, takže smůla pro Ednicku.

[Chaudry C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesant parcurs are Scarlet în al doilea volum😁