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What is the name of Scarlett O'Hara's beloved plantation home in 'Gone with the Wind'?
Answer
Tara
Tara is the O'Hara family plantation in Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind' (1936). Twelve Oaks belongs to Ashley Wilkes, while Belle Reve appears in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and Thornfield in 'Jane Eyre.'
💡 Did you know?
Margaret Mitchell wrote only one novel in her lifetime—'Gone with the Wind'—which won the Pulitzer Prize.
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- Twelve Oaks
- Belle Reve
- Thornfield
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