Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Author, Dies at 89

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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

When I was in school, Harper Lee wasn't required reading but John Steinbeck and Charles Dickens writings and books were. I'm sure it had more to do with the personal preference of the instructor and not the validity of the material.

It was all great reading material including that of Harper Lee. I'm sure others here had required readings by other authors as well. I'm sure the point of the readings was the great exposure to excellent writers like some of the authors I mentioned.

We also read Steinbeck (Old Man and the Sea). Do not recall any Dickens.

Other books required to read:
"Scarlet Letter A"
"Lord Of the Flies"
"Huckleberry Finn"
"The Catcher in the Rye"
"Beowulf"
"The Canterbury Tales."

Plenty of Shakespeare