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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

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This short companion volume looks at how Harper Lee came to write To Kill a Mockingbird, tracing the circumstances and choices behind the novel. It gathers several critical essays that examine the book and its place in American literature. The volume also offers a brief sketch of Lee's life, placing her within the context of the work that made her name. Readers curious about the novel's background, and about the ways scholars have approached it, will find a concise guide here.

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literary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of this
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high schoolhigh schoolMore like thisLess of this
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childrens
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short · 98 pages

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