Go Set a Watchman

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literary work novel

Go Set a Watchman is a posthumously published novel by Harper Lee, widely regarded as a controversial companion to To Kill a Mockingbird for its differing portrayal of Scout Finch and Atticus Finch in their later years.

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Go Set a Watchman canonical 3
"Go Set a Watchman" (setting inspiration) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Harper Lee ⓘ
controversy marketing as a newly discovered sequel ⓘ
portrayal of Atticus Finch as racist ⓘ
questions about Harper Lee's consent and capacity at time of publication ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception mixed ⓘ
discovered 2014 ⓘ
discoveredAt Harper Lee's lawyer's safe-deposit box ⓘ
exploresTheme coming of age ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
moral complexity ⓘ
race relations in the American South ⓘ
featuresAdultVersionOf Scout Finch ⓘ
featuresOlderVersionOf Atticus Finch ⓘ
firstPrintRun 2 million copies ⓘ
follows To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
format audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ
genre Bildungsroman ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ
hasAdaptation stage adaptation ⓘ
initiallyDescribedAs sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
ISBN 978-0-06-240985-0 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Alexandra Finch ⓘ
Atticus Finch ⓘ
Calpurnia ⓘ
Henry "Hank" Clinton ⓘ
Scout Finch ⓘ
surface form: Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
manuscriptWritten 1950s ⓘ
marketedAs companion novel to To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international press coverage upon announcement ⓘ
narrativePointOfView third-person ⓘ
pageCount 278 ⓘ
portraysAtticusAs segregationist ⓘ
portraysScoutAs adult woman living in New York City ⓘ
preorderSales record-breaking for HarperCollins ⓘ
publicationDate 2015-07-14 ⓘ
publisher HarperCollins ⓘ
William Heinemann ⓘ
publisherImprint HarperCollins ⓘ
surface form: Harper (HarperCollins imprint)
relatedWork To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
relationshipToOtherWork earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
setInLocation Monroeville, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Maycomb, Alabama
setInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
timeBetweenWritingAndPublication over 50 years ⓘ

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Harper Lee → notableWork → Go Set a Watchman ⓘ
Atticus Finch → appearsIn → Go Set a Watchman ⓘ
Literary Capital of Alabama → associatedWithWork → Go Set a Watchman ⓘ
Monroe County → hasAssociatedWorkOfFiction → Go Set a Watchman ⓘ
subject surface form: Monroe County, Alabama
this entity surface form: "Go Set a Watchman" (setting inspiration)