![]() ![]() It has 255 pages (the trade edition has 296 pages) - the text is the same, just printed slightly smaller. It is in a somewhat smaller and lighter format (same height, just thinner) than the trade edition (and the Book-of-the-Month Club edition, which came out later). This one, though undesignated as such, is the Literary Guild edition, published in August, 1960 (the first trade edition was published a month before, in July of that year). This is the first of four book club editions of this title to have been published (shortly after publication of the first trade edition. Jacket Design - Shirley Smith (illustrator). It has gone on to become of the best-loved classics of all time and has been translated into more than forty languages selling more than forty million copies worldwide. The New Yorker declared it "skilled, unpretentious, and totally ingenious". Despite her editors' warnings that the book might not sell well, it quickly became a sensation, bringing acclaim to Lee in literary circles, in her hometown of Monroeville, and throughout Alabama. Appointed to defend him, Atticus Finch establishes Robinson's innocence and a devious plot to convict him by a local white couple. The story, told by the six-year-old Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, takes place between 1933 and 35 and follows the story of a local black man, Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping a young white woman. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected." Based on Lee's experiences growing up in the Deep South, the primary themes of the novel involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence with Atticus Finch, the narrator's father, serving as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. ![]() I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of the reviewers, but at the same time I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Four years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee remarked, "I never expected any sort of success with Mockingbird. Very scarce in this condition! Photos on request. The binding is grey paper-covered boards, quarter-bound in black at the spine with white lettering.The other three book club editions were: the Reader's Digest Book Club, the Book-of-the-Month Club and (in England) the Book Society. ![]() ![]()
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