Go Set A Watchman
Harper Lee
Literary Fiction
Go Set A Watchman
by Harper Lee
—· 304 p· 2015
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonreflectivephilosophical
Overview
About
Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch -- "Scout" -- returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring ma…
Pages
304
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Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Moral Conflict10
Emotional depth9
Southern Social Tension9
Prose8
Narration8
Plot twists7
Worldbuilding6
Pacing6
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