Such a book exists in Harper Lee's masterful 1960 novel, one of the most revered pieces of fiction this country has ever produced. Some books so fluidly transcend the stories they contain that the characters and setting almost become incidental to the universal themes they express without contrivance. You will not be disappointed by this book. To hear that the novel is 'immoral' has made me count the years between now and 1984, for I have yet to come across a better example of doublethink." Probably the greatest fiction ever written, it is fitting the author wrote nothing else. As the author herself said, "Surely it is plain to the simplest intelligence that To Kill a Mockingbird spells out in words of seldom more than two syllables a code of honor and conduct, Christian in its ethic, that is the heritage of all Southerners. It is often misunderstood as a simple story with the only one moral, or even banned for no good reason. It has the wondrous quiet humor of "Father Brown," "Tom Sawyer" and "True Grit." The latter two would certainly cout as a Great American Novel, but neither can surpass this masterpiece. It shows the development of its characters realistically and is simply a beautifully written story. While that is the pivotal moment, this book is a wonderful tale of life in the South in the Nineteen Thirties. ![]() Don't be mislead that it is only about the trial. ![]() This is surely the best of the Great American Novels.
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