Harper Lee







Harper Lee

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born
April 28, 1926

gender
female

place of birth
Monroeville, Alabama, The United States

genre
Literature & Fiction


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Early life
Harper Lee, known as Nelle, was born in the Alabama town of Monroeville on April 28, 1926, the youngest of four children of Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. Her father, a former newspaper editor and proprietor, was a lawyer who served on the state legislature from 1926 to 1938. As a child, Lee was a tomboy and a precocious reader, and enjoyed the friendship of her schoolmate and neighbor, the young Truman Capote.
After graduating from high school in Monroeville,[2] Lee enrolled at the all-female Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944-45), and then pursued a law degree at the University of Alabama (1945-50), pledging the Chi Omega sorority. While there, she wrote for several student publications and sp...more




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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
avg rating 4.31 — 208,189 ratings — published 1960
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To Kill a Mockingbird Study Gu... To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide
by Harper Lee
avg rating 4.52 — 21 ratings — published 1989
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To Kill a Mockingbird: A Navig... To Kill a Mockingbird: A Navigational Novel Guide
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avg rating 3.81 — 16 ratings — published 2005
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To Kill a Mockingbird. Vokabul... To Kill a Mockingbird. Vokabularien.
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2003
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Multip... To Kill a Mockingbird - Multiple Critical Perspectives
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avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 2007
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Matar Un Ruisenor Matar Un Ruisenor
by Harper Lee
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アラバマ物語 アラバマ物語
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X-kit Literature Series X-kit Literature Series
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Novel Ideas Classic: To Kill A... Novel Ideas Classic: To Kill A Mockingbird: Teacher Resource Book
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"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."
Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
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"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.-Atticus Finch"
Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."
Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
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