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Episode 3

Hank surprises Jean Louise with his future plans as the young couple get Maycomb talking. Read by Fenella Woolgar.

Harper Lee's explosive second novel was finally published in 2015. Believed lost for decades after the publication of 'To Kill A Mockingbird', this book revisits much-loved characters, this time through adult eyes.

Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch travels from New York to Maycomb for her annual visit home. It's always a relief to slip into the comfortable rhythms of the South; to spend time with her beloved father Atticus and rekindle her spiky relationship with Aunt Alexandra. But mid-50s Alabama is not the same place where young Scout spent idyllic summers with brother Jem, and the 26-year old will be betrayed and have her trust shattered before she is able to become her own woman.

Harper Lee was the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', a book which has been studied, loved, wept over and revered by generations since its publication in 1960. She lived in Monroeville, Alabama until her death in February 2016.

Read by Fenella Woolgar

Written by Harper Lee

Abridged by Robin Brooks

Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 21 Feb 2019 02:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Fenella Woolgar
Author Harper Lee
Abridger Robin Brooks
Producer Eilidh McCreadie

Broadcasts

  • Wed 12 Aug 2015 22:45
  • Wed 27 Apr 2016 14:00
  • Thu 28 Apr 2016 02:00
  • Wed 20 Feb 2019 14:00
  • Thu 21 Feb 2019 02:00

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