I bet you’ve heard this already, because this story is everywhere, but its definitely worth mentioning. I remember reading To Kill A Mockingbird in highschool, and the book has been hanging out on my shelf ever since.
Perhaps its time to pick it up again…
Literary News! Harper Lee To Publish A Sequel For To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee, now 88 years old, has only ever published one book. Her now canonical novel, To Kill A Mockingbird has sold over 40 million copies since it’s publication in 1960 and is still popular today. This moving tale about racial inequality in the American South is taught in schools across the United States.
But there are a lot of us who’ve wished for more from Lee. Her characters are so lovable, so full of depth and humanity, that one novel from her seems unfair to us readers. Maybe she wanted to leave the literary world on a high note? We’ve only had the one novel to read and interpret, to love and cherish… Until now!
Literary News! Harper Lee To Publish A Sequel For To Kill A MockingbirdThe New York Times announced today that they’ve gotten word from Lee’s publisher that she will be publishing another novel this summer. It is currently titled Go Set A Watchman. When Lee was working on To Kill A Mockingbird she had several options to take in terms of the route that her story took. At one point she considered calling the novel, Atticus, after one of the novel’s main characters. The title was changed after more focus was given to Scout Finch.
via Literary News! Harper Lee To Publish A Sequel For To Kill A Mockingbird – Writer’s Circle.
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