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The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.　　《杀死一只知更鸟》讲述了再二十世纪三十年代，大萧条时期美国南部的一个小镇，三个孩子平静的生活被两桩冤案彻底打破。传闻与事实，坚强与软弱，正义与邪恶，忠诚与背叛，他们在痛苦与矛盾中艰难地拨开生活的重重迷雾，见证了人性的污秽与光辉，理解了真相的残忍与无奈，也感受了人间的温暖与真情。　　芬奇是美国南方小镇梅岗城的一名律师，出身中产阶级，为人正直，常常不计报酬地为穷人们伸张正义。妻子去世后，他独自照顾着女儿斯科特与儿子杰姆。在一次谈起打鸟时，他一再嘱咐孩子不要去伤害知更鸟，因为它们只为人类歌唱，从来不做危害人类的事情。　　汤姆·鲁滨逊是一个在种植园工作的诚实黑人，他被镇上好吃懒做的白人酒鬼尤厄尔诬陷强奸他女儿。芬奇受地方法院的委托，为罗宾逊辩护。当地歧视的黑人现象十分严重，芬奇的行为自然引起了小镇上许多存有种族歧视观念的人的不满。他们极力地阻挠芬奇的工作。但芬奇并不在意人们的抗议，继续仔细地对案情进行深入… 不幸的是罗宾逊在逃跑中被射杀。他也是一只 知更鸟 --什么坏事都没做，只是 用它们的心唱歌给人们听 。