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Background: On February 19, 2016, Harper Lee, best remembered as the writer of the classic To Kill a Mockingbird, tragically passed away, aged 89. That day, The Washington Post published an opinion piece entitled “No way to treat an author: How Harper Lee lost control of her legacy” (Source:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/critics-notebook-the-shame-of-harper-lees-muddled-legacy/2016/02/19/36624b62-d723-11e5-be55-2cc3c1e4b76b_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.75d4a5c657bb) which purported that the sequel, “Go Set a Watchman” was akin to “a publishing sham foisted on a public eager for anything from its most beloved living author”. The opinion piece claimed that the sequel had basically altered the way in which readers saw the characters for the worse and therefore had the effect of tarnishing To Kill a Mockingbird’s (and Harper Lee’s) literary legacy (this being the “tragedy” of Harper Lee). This letter to the editor was written in response to that opinion piece.
The ‘tragedy’ of Harper LeeWhat is the ‘tragic story’ of Harper Lee?
Let’s see: She publishes a novel beloved by readers in its own time and one that, more than a half-century after publication, continues to move millions of new readers each year. Hollywood, instead of botching the job, sensitively translates the book into one of the greatest movies of all time.
Many years later, the author makes her exit by publishing another novel that shatters sales records. Though a lesser work, it inspires new and impassioned conversations about literature and race in America. History will place “Go Set a Watchman” in its proper context, and “To Kill a Mockingbird” will hold its position as one of the most beloved works of American literature.
If you think that all adds up to a tale of woe, check out the line running out the door, around the block and over the horizon: It’s writers hoping to experience the same tragedy.
- Charles Slack, Trumbull, Conn.
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