To Kill a Mockingbird 40th"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 rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much. One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recent, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the century (Library Journal). HarperCollins is proud to celebrate the anniversary of the book's publication with this special hardcover edition. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 25 |
Section 4 | 36 |
Section 5 | 46 |
Section 6 | 56 |
Section 7 | 65 |
Section 8 | 72 |
Section 17 | 190 |
Section 18 | 204 |
Section 19 | 217 |
Section 20 | 228 |
Section 21 | 236 |
Section 22 | 243 |
Section 23 | 249 |
Section 24 | 261 |
Section 9 | 85 |
Section 10 | 102 |
Section 11 | 114 |
Section 12 | 131 |
Section 13 | 145 |
Section 14 | 154 |
Section 15 | 165 |
Section 16 | 178 |
Section 25 | 273 |
Section 26 | 278 |
Section 27 | 285 |
Section 28 | 293 |
Section 29 | 307 |
Section 30 | 312 |
Section 31 | 319 |