To Kill a Mockingbird
/tə ˌkɪl ə ˈmɒkɪŋbɜːd/
/tə ˌkɪl ə ˈmɑːkɪŋbɜːrd/
- the only novel (1960) by the US writer Harper Lee. It won the Pulitzer Prize and is thought by many people to be the best US novel of the 20th century. The story is about Scout Finch, a young girl in Alabama who learns about prejudice when her father, a lawyer, defends an African American in a court case. Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his performance in the film version (1962).
杀死一只知更鸟：美国作家哈珀·李（Harper Lee）创作的唯一一部小说（1960）。它获得了普利策奖，并被许多人认为是20世纪美国最好的小说。故事讲述的是阿拉巴马州的一个年轻女孩Scout Finch，她的父亲是一名律师，他在法庭上为一名非裔美国人辩护时，得知了偏见。格雷戈里·佩克（Gregory Peck）凭借其电影版（1962）的表演而获得了奥斯卡奖。