To Kill an Author's Legacy
Mar. 16th, 2016 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orangerfulThe whole thing with Harper Lee has been weird since the announcement of 'Go Set a Watchman'. The theory that she was being coerced by her estate lawyer to publish some more things so they could capitalize on her fame before she passed seems highly probable. And now with this announcement from the estate today saying theywill no longer be publishing a mass market edition of To Kill a Mockingbird, I just feel icky.
As the article points out, this will hit the schools the hardest because mass market is what they can afford to buy in bulk. Will this be the end of teaching 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or does The Estate and HarperCollins have special plans?
It's all so sad to think that this sweet, shy old woman was abused in this way and then passed on after signing off on who knows what. :(
As the article points out, this will hit the schools the hardest because mass market is what they can afford to buy in bulk. Will this be the end of teaching 'To Kill a Mockingbird' or does The Estate and HarperCollins have special plans?
It's all so sad to think that this sweet, shy old woman was abused in this way and then passed on after signing off on who knows what. :(