Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
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Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
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Incredible news. Be interesting to see if it's anywhere as near as good as the original.
Incredible news. Be interesting to see if it's anywhere as near as good as the original.
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
Fascinating!
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
As I understand it, this book is the original as she wrote it before To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
Most interesting! I look forward to seeing it when it is published.
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
Yes but apparently it's about Scout as a grown up so it's technically a sequel as well.Tony Summerfield wrote:As I understand it, this book is the original as she wrote it before To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
Very interesting. I shall certainly consider buying a copy when it is published.
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
Interesting news but I fear the book will probably be hyped to death before it appears and thus will prove to be a disappointment.
It is inevitably so when there has been a 50 year wait for something.
It is inevitably so when there has been a 50 year wait for something.
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
I just loved To Kill a Mockingbird when I was at Secondary School. I must obtain a copy and re-read it before the sequel is published! Boo Radley must be one of the most enigmatic fictional characters of all time, his appearance in the Mockingbird was fleeting but very significant.
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
An enigmatic character as you say, Petermax. I've taught To Kill a Mockingbird and we used to look at this poem by Gregory Harrison when discussing Boo Radley:
Strange,
Strange,
Is the little old man
Who lives in the Grange.
Old,
Old,
And they say that he keeps
A box full of gold.
Bowed,
Bowed,
Is his thin little back
That once was so proud.
Soft,
Soft,
Are his steps as he climbs
The stairs to the loft.
Black,
Black,
Is the old shuttered house.
Does he sleep on a sack?
They say he does magic,
That he can cast spells,
That he prowls round the garden
Listening for bells;
That he watches for strangers,
Hates every soul,
And peers with his dark eye
Through the keyhole.
I wonder,
I wonder,
As I lie in my bed,
Whether he sleeps
With his hat on his head?
Is he really magician
With altar of stone
Or a lonely old gentleman
Left on his own?
Strange,
Strange,
Is the little old man
Who lives in the Grange.
Old,
Old,
And they say that he keeps
A box full of gold.
Bowed,
Bowed,
Is his thin little back
That once was so proud.
Soft,
Soft,
Are his steps as he climbs
The stairs to the loft.
Black,
Black,
Is the old shuttered house.
Does he sleep on a sack?
They say he does magic,
That he can cast spells,
That he prowls round the garden
Listening for bells;
That he watches for strangers,
Hates every soul,
And peers with his dark eye
Through the keyhole.
I wonder,
I wonder,
As I lie in my bed,
Whether he sleeps
With his hat on his head?
Is he really magician
With altar of stone
Or a lonely old gentleman
Left on his own?
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
A wonderful poem Anita. I must also re-watch the 1962 Gregory Peck film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. As films go it is a pretty good interpretation of the book.
Scout meets Boo Radley.
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Re: Harper Lee to publish "To Kill A Mockingbird Sequel"
I can't wait to read it. I saw the news on facebook the other day. I loved To Kill a Mockingbird. I think I was eleven or twelve when I first read it but I didn't get to study it at school until I was sixteen. Boo Radley was my favourite character with Scout a close second.