美國女作家瑪格麗特．密契爾發表過的唯一小說就是這部《飄》（Gone With The Wind）（或譯《亂世佳人》）。小說自一九三六年問世以來，一直暢銷不衰，被公認是以美國南北戰爭為背景的愛情小說裡的經典之作。小說以「亂世佳人」郝思嘉為主線，描寫幾對青年的愛恨糾葛，其中並描繪了內戰前後美國南方人的生活，包括習俗禮儀、言行舉止、精神觀念、政治態度、衣著打扮等等。
自問世以來，這部作品已成為享譽世界的愛情經典。搬上銀幕成電影《亂世佳人》的三年間，賣出150萬本，該電影並榮獲奧斯卡八項大獎。
Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time.
Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as Gone With the Wind does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling portraits of characters so vivid that we remember their words and feel their fear and hunger for the rest of our lives.
In the two main characters, the white-shouldered, irresistible Scarlett and the flashy, contemptuous Rhett, Margaret Mitchell not only conveyed a timeless story of survival under the harshest of circumstances, she also created two of the most famous lovers in the English-speaking world since Romeo and Juliet.
