To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel published by American woman writer harper lee on 1960.
This novel tells the story of a young man named Tom Robinson. After being falsely accused of rape, Addicks Finch, a defense lawyer, could not stop the jury from giving Tom a guilty conclusion even if there was evidence that Tom was not a rapist. This reckless crime led to Tom's death under the gun. Although the theme of the story involves serious issues such as racial inequality and rape, its writing style is still warm and interesting. This novel is written in the first person. Atticus Finch, the father of the narrator, is a moral figure in the book and a model of an upright lawyer.
196 1 This book won the Pulitzer Prize that year, was translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, and was adapted into a movie of the same name in the same year.