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2016年11月英语三级笔译实务
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Harper Lee was an ordinary woman as stunned as anybody by the
extraordinary success of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
“It was like being hit over the head and knocked cold,” Lee — who died
Friday at age 89，said during a 1964 interview. “I didn’t expect the book to sell
in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of
reviewers but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it
enough to give me encouragement.”
“To Kill a Mockingbird” may not be the Great American Novel. But it’s likely
the most universally known work of fiction by an American author over the past 70
years, Lee was cited for her subtle, graceful style and gift for explaining the world
through a child’s eye, but the secret to the novel’s ongoing appeal was also in
how many books this single book contained.
“To Kill a Mockingbird” was a coming-of-age story, a courtroom thriller, a
Southern novel, a period piece, a drama about class, and — of course — a drama
of race.” All I want to be is the Jane Austen of South Alabama,” she once
observed.
The story of Lee is essentially the story of her book, and how she responded to
it. She was a warm, vibrant and witty woman who played golf, fished, ate at
McDonald’s, fed ducks by tossing seed corn out of a Cool Whip tub, read
voraciously, and got about to plays and concerts. She just didn’t want to talk
about it before an audience.
“To Kill a Mockingbird” was an instant and ongoing hit, published in 1960,
as the civil rights movement was accelerating. It’s the story of a girl nicknamed
Scout growing up in a Depression-era Southern town. A black man has been
wrongly accused of raping a white woman, and Scout’s father, the resolute lawyer,
defends him despite threats and the scorn of many. Praised by The New Yorker as
“skilled, unpretentious, and totally ingenious,” the book won the Pulitzer Prize
and was made into a memorable movie in 1962.
“Mockingbird” inspired a generation of young lawyers and social workers,
was assigned in high schools all over the country and was a popular choice for
citywide, or nationwide, reading programs, although it was also occasionally
removed from shelves for its racial content and references to rape. By 2015, sales
topped 40 million copies.
When the Library of Congress did a survey in 1991 on books that have
affected people’s lives, “To Kill a Mockingbird” was second only to the Bible.
Lee herself became more elusive to the public as her book became more famous.
At first, she dutifully promoted her work. She spoke frequently to the press, wrote
about herself and gave speeches, once to a class of cadets at West Point. But she
began declining interviews in the mid-1960s and, until late in her life, firmly
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