To Kill a Mockingbird Paperback - 2002
by Harper Lee
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Review summary
Readers largely hail Harper Lee’s novel as a timeless American classic, admired for its graceful prose, indelible characters, and a child’s-eye narration that pairs warmth with a clear-eyed look at racism. Atticus Finch is often cited as a defining moral exemplar, and the courtroom sequences and themes of empathy, courage, and hope resonate across rereads; some also praise the audiobook. Detractors note a slow, uneven opening and, more pointedly, criticize the story’s white-savior framing and the sidelining of Black agency, questioning its prominence in school curricula. Despite these debates, many agree the book remains widely read and culturally relevant.
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From the rear cover
Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south--and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. 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, as her father--a crusading local lawyer--risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
First edition identification
It is estimated that only 5,000 copies of To Kill a Mockingbird were published in the first printing, and two states of the book were printed. The order of the states are heavily disputed, with one of the states including a review by Shirley Ann Grau and Phyllis McGinley, and the other state featuring a review by Jonathan Daniels. There was not a printing statement in the first printing, but the price tag of $3.95 can be found on the lower corner of the front flap of the dust jacket. The first edition also has a quote from Truman Capote reading “Someone rare has written this very fine first novel: a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humor. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable.”--Truman Capote.
Details
- Title To Kill a Mockingbird
- Author Harper Lee
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Publication date 2002-03-05
- ISBN 9780060935467 / 0060935464
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (18.80 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
- Reading level 790
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Catalog Heading: Classics
- Cultural Region: South
- Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Theometrics: Secular
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Legal stories
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001016794
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booksense '76 Reading Grp 04, 05/01/2004, Page 1
- Entertainment Weekly, 03/04/2016, Page 65
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