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    Robert Browning (1812-1889) was heavily influenced as a youngster by his father's extensive collection of books and art. His father was a bank clerk and collected thousands of books, some of which were hundreds of years old and written in languages such as Greek and Hebrew. By the time he was five, it was said that Browning could already read and write well. He was a big fan of the poet Shelley and asked for all of Shelley's works for his thirteenth birthday. By the age of fourteen, he'd learned Latin, Greek and French. Browning went to the University of London but left because it didn't suit him.

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    Robert Browning (1812-1889) was heavily influenced as a youngster by his father's extensive collection of books and art. His father was a bank clerk and collected thousands of books, some of which were hundreds of years old and written in languages such as Greek and Hebrew. By the time he was five, it was said that Browning could already read and write well. He was a big fan of the poet Shelley and asked for all of Shelley's works for his thirteenth birthday. By the age of fourteen, he'd learned Latin, Greek and French. Browning went to the University of London but left because it didn't suit him.

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    BBC - GCSE Bitesize - Context

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    Robert Browning (1812-1889) was heavily influenced as a youngster by his father's extensive collection of books and art. His father was a bank clerk and collected thousands of books, some of which were hundreds of years old and written in languages such as Greek and Hebrew. By the time he was five, it was said that Browning could already read and write well. He was a big fan of the poet Shelley and asked for all of Shelley's works for his thirteenth birthday. By the age of fourteen, he'd learned Latin, Greek and French. Browning went to the University of London but left because it didn't suit him.

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    8/17/2014 BBC - GCSE Bitesize - Context

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    HarperLee
    EnglishLiterature
    Context
    ThestoryofToKillaMockingbirdtakesplaceduringthe
    1930sinasmalltowninAlabamainthesouthernUnited
    StatesmuchlikethetownwheretheauthorHarperLee
    herselfgrewup.Tounderstandwhatthebookissaying
    aboutracism,youneedtoknowsomethingofthehistoryof
    racerelationsinthesouthernUSA.
    HarperLee
    NelleHarperLeewasbornin
    Monroeville,Alabama,in1926.Like
    JemandScout,herfatherwasa
    lawyer.Shestudiedatthe
    UniversityofAlabamaandworked
    inNewYork.Thereshebeganwork
    onToKillaMockingbird,inthemid
    1950s.Itwascompletedin1957
    andpublishedin1960justbefore
    theblackcivilrightsmovementin
    Americareallytook.
    ThenovelwonthePulitzerPrize
    [PulitzerPrize:Prizesforliterature,
    namedafterJosephPulitzer,an
    Americannewspaperpublisherwho
    wasborninHungaryin1847.],America'stopliteraryaward,in
    1961.Itwasadaptedforthestageandwasalsomadeintoa
    successfulfilm.YetHarperLeedidnotwriteanymorenovels.
    ShereturnedtoMonroeville.Nowinher80s,shestilllivesthere
    today.
    Americanslavery
    BlackpeoplewereoriginallybroughtfromAfricatoAmerica
    8/17/2014 BBC - GCSE Bitesize - Context
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    duringthe17th,18thand19thcenturies.Theywereforcibly
    transportedacrosstheAtlanticinslaveships(inwhichmany
    died)andsoldasslavestoworkonsugarandcotton
    plantationsintheCaribbeanandthesouthernstatesofnorth
    America.Theyhadnorightsandwereseenbytheirwhite
    ownersaslittlemorethananimalsormachines.
    Evenaftertheabolitionofslaveryin1865,theblackswerestill
    almostpowerless.Thewhiteshadtoomuchtolosetoallow
    blacksanyrights.Nothingwasequal:blackshadtheworstof
    everythingwhilewhiteshadthebest.
    Suchwasthehatredofblacksbythewhitesespeciallyduring
    theGreatDepressionofthe1930s,whenmoneywastightfor
    everyonethatitwascommonforblackstobelynched
    [lynching:Executingsomeone(usuallybyhanging)withouta
    legaltrial.]orhangedbyamobwellintothe20thcenturyso
    therewasgoodreasonforAtticustositoutsidethejailtoprotect
    TomRobinsonbeforehistrial.
    Segregationandinjustice
    Inthe1930s,although50%ofthepopulationofSoutherntowns
    wereblack,theyhadnovoteandcouldnotmarrywhites.The
    policyofsegregationmeantthatblackshadtohavetheirown
    schools,theirownchurches,theirownfootballteams,even
    theirowncemeteries.
    Inthenovel,ScoutandJemgetintotroublewithAunt
    Alexandraforattendingtheblacks'church.Theblacksfileinto
    thecourthouseafterthewhitesandhavetositupinthe
    balcony,awayfromthewhites.
    8/17/2014 BBC - GCSE Bitesize - Context
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    KuKluxKlanvigilantes
    Somewhitesformedvigilantegroupstointimidateandeven
    murderblacksandrightupuntilthe1950sitwascommonfor
    blackmentobeaccusedofassaultingwhitewomenonthe
    basisoflittleornoevidence.HarperLeemayhavebasedher
    novelinpartonacaseinScottsboro,Alabama.
    TheScottsborocase
    In1931whenHarperLeewas5,nineyoungblackmen
    wereaccusedofrapingtwowhitewomenonatrain.
    Afteraseriesofbittertrials,fourofthemenwere
    sentencedtolongprisonsentenceseventhough
    prominentlawyersarguedthattheaccusationswerefalse.
    Itwaslaterdiscoveredthatthewomenwerelying.
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