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Books : To Kill a MockingbirdIn association with Amazon.comby: Harper Lee  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060173227 ISBN: 006017322X Label: HarperCollins Publishers Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 1995-09 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Sales Rank: 810482 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A thirty-fifth anniversary edition features a new introduction by the author and an accessible hardcover format that describes the story of a young girl in 1930s Alabama whose lawyer father defends an African American accused of raping a white woman. Amazon.com Review: "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.... When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out." Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up. Like the slow-moving occupants of her fictional town, Lee takes her time getting to the heart of her tale; we first meet the Finches the summer before Scout's first year at school. She, her brother, and Dill Harris, a boy who spends the summers with his aunt in Maycomb, while away the hours reenacting scenes from Dracula and plotting ways to get a peek at the town bogeyman, Boo Radley. At first the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of a drunk and violent white farmer, barely penetrate the children's consciousness. Then Atticus is called on to defend the accused, Tom Robinson, and soon Scout and Jem find themselves caught up in events beyond their understanding. During the trial, the town exhibits its ugly side, but Lee offers plenty of counterbalance as well--in the struggle of an elderly woman to overcome her morphine habit before she dies; in the heroism of Atticus Finch, standing up for what he knows is right; and finally in Scout's hard-won understanding that most people are essentially kind "when you really see them." By turns funny, wise, and heartbreaking, To Kill a Mockingbird is one classic that continues to speak to new generations, and deserves to be reread often. --Alix Wilber Average Rating:
 Rating:  - BrilliantI decided to revisit this timeless classic since I hadn't read it since high school and hardly remembered it, which made me feel like I was missing out on something. The whole novel was entirely fresh to me and I was swept away once I got into it (and got past some of the southern language, accented speech and Ebonics). Mostly, I was enamored with Atticus Finch. His demeanor and sensibilities were remarkable under the circumstances and I admired the way he handled his relationships with his children. ... Read More Rating: - I loved hearing Sissy Spacek read this classic story.Her voices for the various characters and her southern accent are enchanting. She was a pleasure to listen to. The story is told by Scout, the daughter of Atticus, an attorney defending a black man accused of rape. The story illustrates the ugliness of racial inequalities in the South which hurts. But it also shows human goodness with a decent ending. DATA: Story length: 12.3 hours. Language: offensive racial slurs. Setting: Maycomb, Alabama, prior to 1960. Copyright: 1960. Genre: ... Read More Rating: - A Must Read for all Readers and Non-ReadersThis book captivates the mind with its wonderful adventures and adorable characters. Seeing the world through the eyes of an eight year old may sound dumb, and not a great way to spend you time. On the contrary, the memories that you had as a chold growing up emerge from a long sleep and you start to remember your adventure. Remember the haunted mansion down the street? the old man who murdered his wife? Well, this story talks about those stories, and more. It talks about matters that even most adults don't ... Read More Rating: - Stop What You're Doing And Read ThisIf you haven't read this book yet, stop whatever it is that you're doing, go immediately to a book store, and pick this up. To Kill a Mockingbird is among the best books I've ever read. For those that haven't read this, or haven't seen the film version with Gregory Peck, which is also outstanding, To Kill a Mockingbird is about the Finch family. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and widower in a small Alabama town during the Great Depression. He has two children: Jem, an 11-year old boy, and Scout, ... Read More Rating:  - So very boringThe only reason this book deserves one star is that something interesting actually happened,albeit AT THE END OF THE FRIGGIN' BOOK! I swear watching Teletubbies or mold grow in your shower is more interesting than this book.I could not get through half of it. Nothing even goes on until the very end.By then though,you have given up as did I. I agree that the book has a good plot but, how the plot is written is an entirely different story.One reviewer on here said that it sounded like it was written ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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