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== Biography ==

== Biography ==

As already stated, Harper Lee was born on April the 28th 1928, in Monroeville, [[Alabama]].  Her father was a local [[lawyer]], 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.

Her father was a local lawyer in small-town Alabama, who for some time served on the state legislature. The daughter 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.

== To Kill A Mockingbird ==

== To Kill A Mockingbird ==

As already stated, the work is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class problems in southern states of the U.S. in the early 1930s when racial tension was particularly high. The work is set around a framework of historical events: there are references to [[Roosevelt]] and [[Hitler]].

The novel is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class problems in southern states of the U.S. in the early 1930s when racial tension was particularly high. The work is set around a framework of historical events: there are references to [[Roosevelt]] and [[Hitler]].  In the Depression-era small southern town, a racially charged trial takes place against the  the mystery of Boo Radley, and the moral force of defense lawyer Atticus Finch. Scout, the narrator, is five when the story begins, eight when it ends. But Lee endows her with streetsmarts and simple honesty in such doses that the main impact of the story is overwhelming authenticity.  

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