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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Lee's father was a local lawyer in small-town Alabama, who for some time served on the state legislature. Lee studied Law at the University of Alabama in the late 1940s, but did not graduate. She was employed as a reservation clerk until 1959, when her first novel was published.<ref>
Lee's father was a local lawyer in Monroeville, Alabama, who for some time served on the state legislature. Lee studied Law at the University of Alabama in the late 1940s, but did not graduate. She was employed as a reservation clerk until 1959, when her first novel was published.<ref>
"... it was a debut novel written by a woman who’d been earning a living as a clerk for an airline company at the time she’d written it." -- [[Daniel Clay]]</ref>
"... it was a debut novel written by a woman who’d been earning a living as a clerk for an airline company at the time she’d written it." -- [[Daniel Clay]]</ref>
While in Monroeville, her childhood friend was [[Truman Capote]], who also became a notable author.
== To Kill A Mockingbird ==
== To Kill A Mockingbird ==
The novel is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class in [[The South|the American south]] in the early 1930s. The book is set around a framework of historical events, with references to President Roosevelt and Hitler. The main character is one Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, who [[Bildungsroman|ages from five to eight over the course of the novel]]. As a young child, she, her brother Jem, and their summertime friend Dill develop a fascination with the legend of Boo Radley, a man whom they believed murdered his parents (who are now in the chimney) and lives in a nearby house. They learn what they can from neighbors, particularly Miss Maudie Atkinson and the town gossip Miss Stephanie Crawford.
The novel is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class in [[The South|the American south]] in the early 1930s. The book is set around a framework of historical events, with references to President Roosevelt and Hitler. The main character is one Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, who [[Bildungsroman|ages from five to eight over the course of the novel]]. As a young child, she, her brother Jem, and their summertime friend Dill develop a fascination with the legend of Boo Radley, a man whom they believed murdered his parents (who are now in the chimney) and lives in a nearby house. They learn what they can from neighbors, particularly Miss Maudie Atkinson and the town gossip Miss Stephanie Crawford.