'To Kill a Mockingbird' Review. Part one Harper Lee… This name may seem unfamiliar to the uninitiated, but those, who prefer to look for life lessons in literature they read, are well acquainted with it. Not being prolific, the author managed to perpetuate her name in centuries by virtue of only one work. What is so special and marvelous about the novel? Well, the unique approach towards telling the story and the story itself, full of poignant sorrow and incomprehension of the society by innocent and pure children. And here a new question comes up: where and how had Harper Lee got such a profound understanding of infant soul and inner world? According to the interviews given by the novelist, her childhood memories served as a basis for the plot, so let me introduce you to the brief biography of Nelle Lee. On April 28, 1926 Frances Cunningham (Finch) gave a birth to a daughter. That woman had a mental disease and seldom left her domicile, so the only breadwinner in the family was her husband, who worked as an attorney in the local legislature. Newborn baby was named after grandmother and a doctor, who had saved life of her sister. Before becoming a title lawyer, the father of the girl once defensed two black man in court. They were convicted in murdering a white storekeeper and sentenced to death by hanging. This case eventually became the foundation for one of the apogee of the novel “To kill a mockingbird”. Harper Lee initially pursued career in law, following father’s foot-steps, but was flunked out of university, when realized that her true vocation was a writer. In 1950s Harper Lee’s friends generously gave the woman her one year salary and attached a note "You have one year off from your job to write whatever you please. Merry Christmas." That was a starting point for her hard work on the novel, which ended only in 1960, when the book was published. The editorial team of the publishing house and the author herself did not anticipate the immense popularity the book would gain. Since the first publication, “To kill a mockingbird” has never been out of print. These days we can say that is not just success, it is immortality of the name and the work. That is one of the reasons why my choice fell on it. Librarians proclaimed the novel to be the book, which every adult should read before death and this tells readers a lot about it, right?