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This book was included in “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.”
I own the 2006 edition of “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.” Peter Boxall is the general editor and the preface was written by Peter Ackroyd. This book has compiled 1001 recommended books, primarily novels which were selected by over 100 contributors (literary critics, professors of literature, etc.). For each recommended book there is information on the author and a short blurb about the book.
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This book was included in “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.”
I own the 2006 edition of “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.” Peter Boxall is the general editor and the preface was written by Peter Ackroyd. This book has compiled 1001 recommended books, primarily novels which were selected by over 100 contributors (literary critics, professors of literature, etc.). For each recommended book there is information on the author and a short blurb about the book.
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To Kill a Mockingbird—written during the peak of the civil rights movement, when hatred and fear penetrated the hearts of those who feared change and what that change meant (equality among the races, leading to the loss of white’s current position of “superiority”) often leading to riots and violent attacks—came at a much needed moment in American history and is well deserving of the Pulitzer prize awarded to it.
Harper Lee crafts a novel that conveys ideas of compassion, equality for all, and ...more
Harper Lee crafts a novel that conveys ideas of compassion, equality for all, and ...more
I never knew what make classic book classic. That is, until I read this book. Simply because even though Harper Lee made this book with setting in the 1930s, TKaM's value/morale still apply to today's live that I definitely can learn from.
This book, amazing. It certainly did lived up to its review!
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This book, amazing. It certainly did lived up to its review!
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I originally started reading this book because it was a classic that it seemed like everyone in the world had read and recommended (at least on Goodreads). I actually wasn't that turned on by it when I started reading thinking that it would just be another book about racism. I was converted. I really ended up loving this book and its story.
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