Open Book | To Kill A Mockingbird

Based on To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

With the eagerly anticipated publication of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman, over fifty years since To Kill A Mockingbird first came out, Professor Diane Roberts looks at Lee's place in the literary traditions of the south.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4
  • Duration: 6'56''
  • Broadcast date: 2015
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