I really don’t know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is not my kind of person. She’s virtually illiterate, has no taste, never learns from her mistakes.

About Alexandra Ripley

Alexandra Ripleywas an American writer best known as the author of Scarlett (1991), written as a sequel to Gone with the Wind. Her first novel was Who’s the Lady in the President’s Bed?

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