![]() ![]() ![]() Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. One critic explains the novel's impact by writing, "In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism."As a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. The narrator's father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. ![]() It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. 296 pages.To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. Name of original owner on front end paper. Very Good green quarter cloth with gold lettering and brown papered boards. Stated Ninth Impression with Stated Seventh Printing Dust Jacket. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York, 1960. ![]()
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