To Kill a Mockingbird

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Bildungsroman Southern Gothic novel novel

To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic 1960 novel by Harper Lee that explores racial injustice and moral growth in the American South through the eyes of a young girl.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bildungsroman → Southern Gothic novel → novel →
author	Harper Lee →
awarded	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction →
awardYear	1961 →
centralEvent	trial of Tom Robinson →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
coverArtistFirstEdition	Shirley Smith →
exploresIssue	Jim Crow laws → legal ethics → mob mentality → racial segregation →
filmAdaptationDirector	Robert Mulligan →
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	1962 →
filmAdaptationStar	Gregory Peck →
frequentlyAssignedIn	American high schools →
genre	Coming-of-age → Fiction → Legal drama →
hasAdaptation	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962 film) → To Kill a Mockingbird (stage play) →
hasCharacter	Bob Ewell → Calpurnia → Dill Harris → Maudie Atkinson → Mayella Ewell →
includedIn	classic American literature canon →
mainCharacter	Atticus Finch → Boo Radley → Jem Finch → Scout Finch → Tom Robinson →
narrativePerspective	first-person →
narrativeStructure	retrospective narration →
narrator	Scout Finch →
originalLanguage	English →
pageCountFirstEdition	281 →
publicationDate	1960 →
publisher	J. B. Lippincott & Co. →
setInFictionalPlace	Maycomb, Alabama →
setInPeriod	1930s →
setInRegion	American South →
settingState	Alabama →
theme	class and social inequality → courage → empathy → loss of innocence → moral growth → racial injustice →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aaron Sorkin ("To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 stage adaptation)") → Eldred Gregory Peck → Gregory Peck → Gregory Peck → Harper & Row → Harper Lee → Scott Rudin ("To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 Broadway play)") →	notableWork
Atticus Finch ("To Kill a Mockingbird (novel)") → Atticus Finch →	appearsIn
Southern Gothic →	associatedWithWork
Atticus Finch ("To Kill a Mockingbird (1960 novel)") →	firstAppearance
To Kill a Mockingbird ("To Kill a Mockingbird (stage play)") →	hasAdaptation
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay →	hasNotableWinner
Harper Lee →	hasSignatureWork
Time 100 best English-language novels list →	hasWork
Monroeville, Alabama →	inspiredWork
J. B. Lippincott & Co. →	notableWorkPublished