To Kill a Mockingbird
Ratings1,252
Average rating4.2
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Ratings1,252
Average rating4.2
"Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird."
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. "To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
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2 primary books11 released booksTo Kill a Mockingbird is a 11-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1915 with contributions by Harper Lee, Maija Westerlund, and 3 others.
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1860onwards challenge - Book 4 - To Kill a Mocking Bird (1960)
A really easy and enjoyable read. Interesting setting. Inspiring father. Told from a child's perspective. Sugar-coated sadness in that regard. Alabama, eh?
Characters *****
Atmosphere ****
Plot ****
Emotion ****
Style ****
4.2
I read it back in high school, I think in grade 10. The book is definitely a classic. It meets all the criteria for a school book. I found the plot a bit slow, at times predictable. It is not bad for a school-age book. The moral is simple and understandable for students.
Una hermosa historia aunque un poco predecible. Pese a ello, me gustó!
In the beginning there's a passage where Scout suddenly wakes up to see it has snowed. She's never seen snow and wakes up screaming and says “The world's going to end Atticus, please do something!”. Thought is was really funny and cute then. On finishing the book, I think that phrase aptly summed up the book!
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