To Kill a Mockingbird

哈珀•李（1926— ）生于美国阿拉巴马州， 曾被授予普利策小说奖及其他众多文学奖项。她与杜鲁门•卡坡蒂是幼年的邻居和一生的朋友。《杀死一只知更鸟》据说是以卡坡蒂为原型之一创作的，现已成为公认的美国文学经典。此后，她一直隐居在家乡亚拉巴马的小镇上 ，拒绝各种采访，过着平静的生活。有人问她为什么不在盛名之下接着写作，她回答：“有过这样一次，还有什么可写的？”

出版者:Harper Perennial Modern Classics

作者:Harper Lee

页数:336

出版时间:2002-3

价格:USD 12.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780060935467

图书标签:HarperLee英文原版小说美国经典外国文学美国文学literature

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Book Description

Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the Deep South defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl.

One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the twentieth century.

Amazon.com

"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

From 500 Great Books by Women

In 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer prize; thirty years later shopping malls may have replaced the main street of Maycomb, Alabama, but not even thirty years of Civil Rights laws or the gentrification of ante-bellum estates render this book an anachronism. Harper Lee combines two of the most common themes of Southern writing - a child's recollection of life among eccentrics in a small town seemingly untouched by the twentieth century and the glaring injustice of racial prejudice - to create a contemporary American classic. To Kill a Mockingbird has two main threads which carry the plot. The first involves the role of Atticus Finch, who is appointed to defend a shy black man accused of raping the oldest daughter of the town's least respected citizen. The second is the mythology arising out of the reclusive Boo Radley, about whom it was said "when people's azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them." But what saves the novel from cliche are the irreverent perceptions of the story's narrator, Atticus Finch's nine-year-old daughter Scout, who depicts mean racist aspects of Southern life as well as humorous and quite often satirical vignettes. To Kill a Mockingbird only gets better with rereading; each time the streets of Maycomb become more real and alive, each time Scout is more insightful, Atticus more heroic, and Boo Radley more tragically human.

From Library Journal

Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning first (and last) novel of racial injustice in a small Southern town ranks among just about everyone's favorite books. This 35th-anniversary edition contains a brief new foreword by the elusive Lee. (LJ

From AudioFile

Roses Prichard's masterful narration of Lee's classic novel, originally produced for Books on Tape in 1991, has been repackaged by Audio Partners for the consumer market. Prichard's skill and talents are evident; all the characters sound true and absolutely real. Listeners hear Scout's developing wisdom and maturity as the story progresses. Prichard achieves the monumental task of creating--and maintaining--authentic voices for a diverse group of characters while infusing the story with emotional resonance. This stunning production captures the listener and doesn't let go. M.A.M. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner

Book Dimension

length: (cm)19.7 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.8

读后感

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) 不知道为什么，以前这个书名给我印象一直是关于什么谋杀案推理类的小说，等我真的翻开这本书时，真是万幸我抛开了先入为主的偏见。看到好书总是让我“无语”，无法用语言表达，只能做摘录。 从一个七八岁女孩Scout的视角观察和描述复杂的...  

四年之后重读《杀死一只反舌鸟》，再次泪流满面。我记不大清楚自己上次看小说哭泣是什么时候，大概是一年前看《那些年》，虽然那本书写的幼稚又浮夸，但想必是想到了自己很久以前也曾经闪光的时刻。 躺在狭小的火车硬卧中铺，突然意识到自己变了太多太多。我曾经以...  

这本书的第一遍基本是在地铁上看完的。这不是一个悬念迭出、情节跌宕的故事，甚至几乎没有爱情的描写（除非小女主人公与迪儿过家家般的结婚约定也算的话），但看书的每天都觉得路上的时间比平时要短。为了写书评又在短时间内重看了第二次，仍是看得津津有味，不忍释卷，好书的...  

这本书的第一遍基本是在地铁上看完的。这不是一个悬念迭出、情节跌宕的故事，甚至几乎没有爱情的描写（除非小女主人公与迪儿过家家般的结婚约定也算的话），但看书的每天都觉得路上的时间比平时要短。为了写书评又在短时间内重看了第二次，仍是看得津津有味，不忍释卷，好书的...  

用户评价

さすが

语言很干净，主题很明了。做一个正直的人，不仅在于坚守自己的品格，还在于明白“你永远不会理解别人，除非你穿上他们的鞋，然后走两步”。读到一半的时候，小哈同学寄来了译林中译本，不过还是不紧不慢地看完了（谁叫它跻身美国最佳青少年读物之列呢，写得确实流畅）。很多人从中看到了“教育”和“教养”之别，也有点那些意思在里头。Atticus是个好爸爸，跟我爸爸一样：P

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