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How the moral lessons of To Kill a Mockingbird endure today

  • Written by Anne Maxwell, Assoc. Professor, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
How the moral lessons of To Kill a Mockingbird endure todayGregory Peck and Harper Lee on the set of To Kill a Mockingbird. Universal Pictures/IMDB

In our series, Guide to the classics, experts explain key works of literature.


Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the classics of American literature. Never out of print, the novel has sold over 40 million copies since it was first published in...