One of the all time classics and quite rightly so! This tale of racism, in the post-depression, deep south, is so much more than that, it is about prejudices of all kinds, and the innocence of youth, the love between families and much much more. Atticus Finch still remains one of the most stalwart and admirable characters in modern literature and Scout, his daughter, one of the most lovable.
July 2009 Guest Editor Louise Wener on To Kill a Mockingbird by HARPER LEE
Still one of my favourite books of all time. I read it first at school for an English exam and, like a lot of students, I was resistant to studying anything that was forced on me. I only appreciated how wonderful it is when I read it again as an adult and once more when I became a published author.
What I love about it, aside from the fantastic story and the way the father daughter relationship is so beautifully portrayed, is how vivid and real the characters are. There is nothing wasted, nothing out of step or out of place. Every single character, even the incidental ones, sing with truth and are expertly drawn.
'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties.
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'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties.
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To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee and published by Vintage
To Kill a Mockingbird has 307 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Classics series
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