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To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee publisher: Querido, Amsterdam, 1960 refered to by: The Grass is Singing Doris Lessing
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summary: 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' This is a lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of the story - a black man charged with raping a white girl in the 1930s. |
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| ON HARPER LEE'S BOOKSHELF Emma Jane Austen, 1816 Quick-witted, beautiful, headstrong and rich, Emma Woodhouse is inordinately fond of matchmaking. Yet the irony is that she is oblivious to the question of who she herself might marry. The Weir of Hermiston Robert Louis Stevenson, 1896 In this unfinished novel, the battle between good and evil is played out between father and son. Tales from Shakespeare Charles Lamb, 1807 Written in the early 19th century, these tales form an introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. They aim to convey his wit, wisdom and humanity, without losing the feel of his language. | BOOKS BY HARPER LEE: To Kill a Mockingbird 1960 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' This is a lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of the story - a black man charged with raping a white girl in the 1930s. | |
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