To Kill a Mockingbird 40th book cover by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird 40th

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A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, Scout Finch, as her father, Atticus—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.

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Publisher
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Publication date
2002
Print length
336 pages
Language
English
ISBN
9780060935467

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What to Know Before Reading To Kill a Mockingbird 40th

Set in a small Alabama town during the 1930s, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' follows young Scout Finch as she navigates her childhood amidst the racial tensions and injustices of the time. Through her father's defense of a Black man accused of rape, Scout learns profound lessons about empathy, morality, and the complexities of human nature.

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Harper Lee

Harper Lee

Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood (1966). An earlier draft of Mockingbird, set at a later date, Go Set a Watchman, was published in July 2015 as a sequel. A collection of her short stories and essays, The Land of Sweet Forever, was published on October 21, 2025.
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