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25 de abr. de 2024 · Harper Lee, American writer nationally acclaimed for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). She also wrote Go Set a Watchman (2015), which was essentially a sequel To Kill a Mockingbird, though it was written before that book. Learn more about Lee’s life and books.
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15 de abr. de 2024 · To Kill a Mockingbird, novel by American author Harper Lee, published in 1960. Enormously popular, it was translated into some 40 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and is one of the most-assigned novels in American schools. In 1961 it won a Pulitzer Prize.
- To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression (1929–39). The story centres on Jean Louise (“S...
- It is widely believed that Harper Lee based the character of Atticus Finch on her father, Amasa Coleman Lee, a compassionate and dedicated lawyer....
- Harper Lee began writing To Kill a Mockingbird in the mid-1950s. It was published in 1960, just before the peak of the American civil rights moveme...
- Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the best-known and most widely read books in the United States. Since its publication in 1960, the nov...
- In 2015 Harper Lee published a second novel titled Go Set a Watchman. Although it was technically written before To Kill a Mockingbird, the novel i...
25 de abr. de 2024 · Lawyer Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson -- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Writing through the young eyes of Finch's children Scout and Jem, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in small-town Alabama during the mid-1930s Depression ...
4 de may. de 2024 · Book of a lifetime: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. From The Independent archive: Roshi Fernando finds that the Southern politeness, the heat, the black and whiteness of the book all...
21 de abr. de 2024 · On the overwhelm of success and the controversial second novel. Kate Jones. Apr 21, 2024. Harper Lee , 1960. Welcome to A Narrative of their Own, where I discuss the work of 20th century women writers and their relevance to contemporary culture. Subscribe.
3 de may. de 2024 · Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. In 2006, British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die." If ...
23 de abr. de 2024 · July 14, 2020. Admin. 0 Comments. Sixty years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird and five years after Go Set A Watchman, Casey Cep talks about Harper Lee’s abandoned novel, her struggles with success, its impact on her writing and a possible biography. by Cerith Mathias.
