PROFOUND COMMENTS
FROM HARPER LEE
G'day folks,
Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28,
1926, in Monroeville, Alabama. Her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which
was published in 1960, turned Lee into a literary celebrity and won her a
Pulitzer Prize.
Despite the book’s huge success, Harper Lee never
published another novel in her lifetime. In 2015, long after the public
had given up on seeing anything more from her, a manuscript which she
had submitted in 1957, before To Kill A Mockingbird, and was thought to
be lost had resurfaced mysteriously. It was published a year later under
the title Go Set a Watchman. Many years after Lee became a household
name, she would say straightforwardly that the success of her first
novel overwhelmed her, making it impossible for her to write a follow-up
book.
And To Kill A Mockingbird indeed was, and
still is, a phenomenon. Its enduring success was unprecedented. Only a
week after its publication, the novel jumped to the top of the
best-seller list and remained there for 88 weeks. It was translated into
some 40 languages and sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Its
appeal, in part, is due to the universal themes it grapples with,
empathy, identity, and compassion.
Harper Lee died in 2016, in her hometown of Monroeville, where she spent
the latter part of her life. Here are some of the most remarkable and
enduring quotes she left us.
Clancy's comment: Simple but wise words.
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