About the Novel
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To Kill a
Mockingbird
Harper Lee • 1960
Published in 1960, Harper Lee's masterpiece explores themes of racial injustice, moral growth, and the loss of innocence in the American South during the 1930s.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961, the novel has become a cornerstone of American literature and continues to resonate with readers worldwide.
First Published: 1960
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1961)
Setting: Maycomb, Alabama, 1930s
Genre: Southern Gothic, Bildungsroman
Historical Context
1929
Stock Market Crash - Great Depression begins
1931
Scottsboro Boys trial (inspiration for Tom Robinson's case)
1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president
1935
Setting of To Kill a Mockingbird
1954
Brown v. Board of Education
1960
To Kill a Mockingbird published