As soon as Gone with the Wind was published in 1936, it broke all publishing records at the time, with a circulation of 10 million copies in the first six months and a maximum of 50,000 copies sold a day. It was priced at $3, but it was sold for $60, and the monthly rent of a nice hotel in the United States at that time was only $30. Such acclaim and acclaim led to the Pulitzer Prize and the American Publishers Association Award in 1937.

The film "Gone with the Wind" based on this book premiered in Atlanta on December 15, 1939, causing a sensation and quickly becoming a global phenomenon. And the actors Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, who played the male and female leads, remained in the hearts of many fans because of this.

It can be said that there are many writers who are famous all over the world and have a place in the literary world, but almost only Margaret Mitchell, the author of "Gone with the Wind", has achieved this achievement with only one work, and she has only written such a book in her life, and has never written a second one......

Just when Monet's mind was full of thoughts, little Marguerite tugged at his sleeve and asked, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Oh, Uncle is fine. Uh, Margaret, do you like today's drama? Monet asked, diverting the subject.

"It's okay, but I don't think it's as interesting as the story my grandmother told me!" Margaret replied with a serious face.

"Oh? And what story did your grandmother tell you? Monet asked curiously.

Originally, Monet thought that his grandmother should tell Marguerite a fairy tale, but after listening to it for a while, he couldn't help but complain in his heart, what kind of old lady is this, how can she tell a little girl about the Civil War, especially since she was three or four years old......

Of course, it may be because of the deep impression he made from an early age that Mitchell came up with the idea of writing a novel set in the Civil War as an adult.

Just as the two were chatting, an anxious man's voice suddenly came from behind him: "Margaret, why are you here?" ”

Hearing the man's voice, Margaret immediately ran over and replied, crying, "Daddy, I thought I couldn't find you!" ”

"It's Dad who is not good, he didn't take care of little Margaret just now!" Marguerite's father, Mr. Mitchell, comforted, then looked at Monet and asked Marguerite, "Who is this gentleman?" ”

"Just now, this Uncle Monet saw me hiding in the corner alone and crying, so he came to accompany me and took me here to wait for you, saying that you will definitely come to me!" Margaret explained.

Mr. Mitchell: "Thank you so much, Mr. Monet, if it weren't for you, I can't imagine what it would have been like without Margaret!" ”

"No thanks, this is what I should do." Monet waved his hand and replied, but then he thought about it, took out a notebook from his pocket and handed it to Marguerite and said, "Little Marguerite, can you sign my uncle?" Uncle believes that you will definitely become a great writer in the future! ”

"But I can't even write right now." Little Marguerite muttered as she wrote her name in her notebook earnestly, with the caption "To dear Uncle Monet." ”

After parting from Margaret Jr. and Mr. Mitchell, Monet got into a carriage and came to the New York Post, although he had been to the New York Post newspaper many times, but this time he found that the atmosphere was not right, because everyone was talking excitedly.

Especially when he saw Monet come in, the editor Evan, who was more familiar with him, immediately walked over to him and said, "Mr. Monet, you must be careful lately!" ”

"I—What am I careful of? What's going on? Monet asked with a confused expression.

"Someone might be trying to kill you recently!" Evan stepped closer and whispered.

Hearing this, Monet was taken aback: "What?!" Someone is going to kill me? Why? I didn't offend anyone! ”

"You didn't offend anyone, but the problem is that this guy is a madman, don't believe you" As he spoke, Evan took out a newspaper and pointed to a section on it and explained: "This is a letter from a reader we received yesterday, which claimed that he did the two recent murders, and his purpose was to kill all the survivors of the Titanic, because his relatives were killed, and it is said that he was robbed of the opportunity to board the lifeboat, so he was angry with all your survivors and wanted to kill you all!"

Originally, we thought he was talking nonsense, but fortunately, Roque was cautious and informed the police of this matter, but just now the police came to inform the investigation results, and the two dead were really survivors on the Titanic. However, because there are more than 700 survivors, the police cannot protect them one by one, so we agreed that our newspaper will publish this letter from the murderer to remind everyone to pay attention to their own safety! ”

Hearing this, Monet hurriedly grabbed the newspaper and read it, and found that it was basically the same as what Evan said, and at this time, a terrible figure suddenly flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Open, Jack the Ripper?" ”

Evan nodded and replied: "That's right, it's Jack the Ripper, this demon is simply the American version of Jack the Ripper, by the way, haven't you British police caught that Jack the Ripper until now?" ”

Although Monet knew the true identity of "Jack the Ripper", he could only shake his head and reply: "Not yet!" ”

"Oh, now there's another American version of this, it's just terrible, Mr. Monet, you have to be careful lately, don't go out casually if you're fine, because although there are hundreds of survivors, you are so famous! By the way, you shouldn't go out to eat lately, because both of the dead were poisoned. Evan admonished.

Monet knew that Evan had good intentions, because the hot sale of the "Titanic" novel and the upcoming opera made his popularity definitely among the best among the survivors of the Titanic, so if the murderer wanted to kill someone, he who was famous and did not have bodyguards with him like Carl was definitely a good candidate......

But I don't know why Monet always felt that this matter was not so simple, so he began to pay attention to this series of cases, and soon after the fourth murder, Monet discovered the suspicions.