Harper Lee

"Ubit peresmeshnika" - klassicheskoe proizvedenie ne tolko amerikanskoj, no i mirovoj literatury. Bolee 50 let eta kniga vkhodit v samye prestizhnye spiski bestsellerov SSHA, a snjatyj po nej odnoimennyj film s Gregori Pekom v glavnoj roli po pravu prichislen k kinoshedevram minuvshego stoletija i udostoen tselogo buketa "Oskarov". Odnako chem zhe nastolko privlekaet i kritikov, i chitatelej vsego mira nezatejlivaja istorija malenkoj devochki, zhivuschej v sonnom, tikhom provintsialnom gorodke na Glubokom Juge 1930-kh? Pochemu o romane Kharper Li po-prezhnemu pishut stati i literaturnye issledovanija? I pochemu, prochitav "Ubit peresmeshnika" raz, my vozvraschaemsja k nemu na protjazhenii vsej zhizni? Istorija malenkogo sonnogo gorodka na juge Ameriki, povedannaja malenkoj devochkoj. Istorija ee brata Dzhima, druga Dilla i ee ottsa - chestnogo, printsipialnogo advokata Attikusa Fincha, odnogo iz poslednikh i luchshikh predstavitelej staroj "juzhnoj aristokratii". Istorija sudebnogo protsessa po delu chernokozhego parnja, obvinennogo v nasilii nad beloj devushkoj. No prezhde vsego - istorija perelomnoj epokhi, kogda ksenofobija, rasizm, neterpimost i khanzhestvo, prisuschie amerikanskomu jugu, postepenno ukhodjat v proshloe. "Veter peremen" tolko-tolko povejal nad Amerikoj. Chto on prineset?.. Perevodchik: Gal Nora, Oblonskaja Raisa Efimovna

Look for The Land of Sweet Forever, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces by Harper Lee, coming October 21, 2025. Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American ReadHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South--and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father--a crusading local lawyer--risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.

'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.' Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this classic novel - a black man charged with attacking a white girl. Through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Lee explores the issues of race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s with compassion and humour. She also creates one of the great heroes of literature in their father, whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice and hypocrisy. This edition of one of the world’s best-loved books features the original text. **One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

The play of Harper Lee's famous story of racial tension in America's deep South makes a gripping drama in its own right. It is a moving and exciting story for classroom reading or a school production. This edition has notes and activities to help your understanding and enjoyment of the play. About the series Heinemann Plays is a well established series offering the best of contemporary drama and a wide range of established classics, in value-for-money hardback versions. The series has been specially developed to support classroom teaching and performance. Within the series there are plays for the full 11-17 age range. The series also contains the best of contemporary writing, and new editions of classic plays. Heinemann Plays are sewn and bound in sturdy hardback covers, guaranteeing longer life. Heinemann Plays are ideal for class reading and performance, many with large casts and an equal mix of parts for boys and girls.

"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird". This is a lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of the story - a black man charged with raping a white girl in the 1930s.

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Scout, the keen-eyed narrator, and her brother Jem interrupt their games to champion their lawyer father when, in a hostile, racist town in the American South, he battles to defend Tom, who is black and accused of murder.