To kill a mockingbird
Lee, Harper 1926-2016
To kill a mockingbird - Nueva York Grand Central 2010 - 376 p. - Fiction .
EN TAPA: 50th Anniversary Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. The protagonist is Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, an intelligent though unconventional girl who ages from six to nine years old during the course of the novel. She is raised with her brother, Jeremy Atticus (“Jem”), by their widowed father, Atticus Finch. He is a prominent lawyer who encourages his children to be empathetic and just. He notably tells them that it is “a sin to kill a mockingbird,” alluding to the fact that the birds are innocent and harmless.
When Tom Robinson, one of the town’s Black residents, is falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, Atticus agrees to defend him despite threats from the community.
978-0-44631-078-9
AUTORES NORTEAMERICANOS
NOVELAS
821-31 =111 L513
To kill a mockingbird - Nueva York Grand Central 2010 - 376 p. - Fiction .
EN TAPA: 50th Anniversary Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. The protagonist is Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, an intelligent though unconventional girl who ages from six to nine years old during the course of the novel. She is raised with her brother, Jeremy Atticus (“Jem”), by their widowed father, Atticus Finch. He is a prominent lawyer who encourages his children to be empathetic and just. He notably tells them that it is “a sin to kill a mockingbird,” alluding to the fact that the birds are innocent and harmless.
When Tom Robinson, one of the town’s Black residents, is falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman, Atticus agrees to defend him despite threats from the community.
978-0-44631-078-9
AUTORES NORTEAMERICANOS
NOVELAS
821-31 =111 L513