Forever Amber tells the story of orphaned Amber St. Clare, who makes her way up through the ranks of 17th century English society by sleeping with and/or marrying successively richer and more important men, while keeping her love for the one man she could never have. The novel includes portrayals of Restoration fashion, including the introduction and popularization of tea in English coffeehouses and the homes of the fashionably rich; politics; and public disasters, including the plague and the Great Fire of London.
Publication
The fifth draft of Winsor's first manuscript of Forever Amber was accepted for publication, but the publishers edited the book down to one-fifth of its original size. The resulting novel was 972 pages long.
Critical reception
While many reviewers "praised the story for its relevance, comparing Amber's fortitude during the plague and fire to that of the women who held hearth and home together through the blitzes of World War II", others condemned it for its blatant sexual references. Fourteen U.S. states banned the book as pornography. The first was Massachusetts, whose attorney general cited 70 references to sexual intercourse, 39 illegitimate pregnancies, 7 abortions, and "10 descriptions of women undressing in front of men" as reasons for banning the novel. Winsor denied that her book was particularly daring, and said that she had no interest in explicit scenes. "I wrote only two sexy passages," she remarked, "and my publishers took both of them out. They put in ellipses instead. In those days, you know, you could solve everything with an ellipsis."
The Hays Office had condemned the novel, but within a month of its publication the movie rights had been purchased by 20th Century Fox.
In 1947, Darnell won the starring role in the highly anticipated film adaptation when the original star, newcomer Peggy Cummins, proved too inexperienced for the role. The character Amber in the novel was so called because of her eye color. Publicity at the time compared the novel Forever Amber to Gone with the Wind. The search for the actress to portray Amber, a beauty who uses men to make her fortune in 17th-century England, was modeled on the extensive process that led to the casting of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara.
I still dream of paradise I still wake up crying I`ve seen the sun,of tomorrow rise I felt like I was dying I still dream of forever I still see me wave From the deepest pits of never Another soul to save I still long for the sun to rise I still fear the dark I`ve seen the signs of our last goodbyes Another submerging ark In bitterness I`ve tasted my tears A burnt out soul of emptiness I loneliness I`ve touched my fears & closed my eyes for hopelessness Sail the waves of lunacy Bring my presence out of never The forever waves of my time to be I set my sails for forever Sail the waves of silent sea In empty winds under rainbow fire The forever winds won`t let me be Wake me up from my forever empire I am my paradise Through my damnation you`ll fall I am the wise In my eternity I am all You ask of me my sanity Divided you shall fall Your soul shall burn most certainly Below me you will crawl I am my own eternity My creations will not fall Dream or not it`s real to me Your becoming I prevail From my fists burns my fire The emperor of my empire Butt where will be a better day Even I am doomed to fade away Sail the waves of lunacy Bring my presence out of never The forever waves of my time to be I set my sails for forever Sail the waves of silent sea In empty winds under rainbow fire The forever winds has left me I am fading through the stars,my desire
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