She published her **vel To Kill a Mockingbird — a work of art that defined 20th-century literature — at a pivotal time for America. More than 50 years since readers turned those first pages, the lessons from her **vel still hold true today.
The most memorable passages of Lee's work, set in the deep South and published at the start of the civil rights movement, are timeless and read as though she could have penned them just days ago.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."