The real reason To Kill A Mockingbird became so famous

Find Overrated on Facebook here: In this episode of Overrated, Vox s Phil Edwards investigates the largely unheralded business reason behind the success of Harper Lee s To Kill A Harper Lee s To Kill A Mockingbird is a literary classic, but it was also a landmark book in the paperback revolution. Thanks to publishers like Penguin Books, paperbacks changed dramatically from pulp fiction and dime store novels to a a legitimate way to read great literature. To Kill A Mockinbird s timing helped it capitalize upon that business shift and become a classic in classrooms for business reasons as well as literary ones. Subscribe to our channel is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: Follow Vox on Twitter: Or on Facebook: