Harper Lee

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in Monroeville, Alabama, The United States

April 28, 1926

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Harper Lee, known as Nelle, was born in the Alabama town of Monroeville, 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, 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 spent a year as editor of the campus humor ma...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 1,406,830 ratings · 38,814 reviews · 19 distinct works · Similar authors

	To Kill a Mockingbird 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 1,405,565 ratings — published 1960 — 219 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird by Harold Bloom (Editor), Harper Lee 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 301 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harper Lee's To kill a mockingbird by Donald F. Roden, Monarch Notes, Harper Lee 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird by Joyce Milton, Barron's Book Notes, Harper Lee 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Kill a Mockingbird by Tamara Castleman, CliffsNotes, Harper Lee 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Kill a Mockingbird: And Related Readings by Horton Foote (Screenplay), Harper Lee 3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1900	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Вино из одуванчиков. Убить пересмешника. Над пропастью во ржи. by Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury, Harper Lee 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1988	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Kill a Mockingbird (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by SparkNotes Editors, Harper Lee 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1960 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	"To Kill A Mockingbird" A4 Gcse (York Notes) by York Notes, Harper Lee 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Kill a Mockingbird: Notes by Dawn B. Sova, James L. Roberts (Editor), Gary Carey (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1983	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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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“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: reading

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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

tags: atticus-finch, courage

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