# To Kill a Mockingbird

> Source: https://ollybritton.com/notes/books/to-kill-a-mockingbird/ · Updated: 2024-10-04 · Tags: book, notes

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> "_**To Kill a Mockingbird**_ is a novel by the American author [Harper Lee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Lee "Harper Lee"). It was published in July 1960 and became instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. _To Kill a Mockingbird_ has become a classic of modern [American literature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_literature "American literature"); a year after its release, it won the [Pulitzer Prize](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize "Pulitzer Prize"). The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of [Monroeville, Alabama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroeville,_Alabama "Monroeville, Alabama"), in 1936, when she was ten." – ["To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird) on Wikipedia.

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