Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, a village that is still her home. She attended local schools and the University of Alabama. Before she started writing, she lived and worked in NEw York in the reservations department of an international airline. She has been awarded the Pulitzer prize, two honorary degrees and various other literary and library awards. Her chief interests apart from writing are nineteenth-century literature and eighteenth-century music, watching politicians and cats, travelling and being alone.
A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this enchanting classic - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl.
Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties.
The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice.
But the weight of history will only tolerate so much...
發表於2025-03-29
Harper Lee's to Kill a Mocking Bird 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
這是美國學生大概相當於初中時期所要閱讀的作品。說實話,對我來說還有點難度,因為書中有大量的非書麵詞匯,許多詞匯還有美國南方的色彩。好歹是讀完瞭,順便也把電影給看瞭。電影大體上是忠於原著的,隻是電影中的Atticus粗壯高大,這與書中那個衰老瘦削甚至有點虛弱,但是渾...
評分I am not sure what is the last good novel I read, but next time, when someone ask me to recommend an english novel, I will definitely suggest this book. I would say , anyone who still possesses some memories of the frolic days in their childhood would soo...
評分I am not sure what is the last good novel I read, but next time, when someone ask me to recommend an english novel, I will definitely suggest this book. I would say , anyone who still possesses some memories of the frolic days in their childhood would soo...
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about growth and race
評分顯然這本書我本來可以看完就是因為拿來寫論文導緻最後沒看完。。
評分big issues through trivial talking
評分躲在屋裏的疑似鬼不會有房子外的正常人可怕。。孩子們的視角和疑惑、孩子們無知麵對嚴峻時刻的模樣。還有成長。
評分對Boo Radley的描寫很感動。
Harper Lee's to Kill a Mocking Bird 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載