When the novelist Harper Lee died in her sleep two years ago, at 89, she left a trail of lingering questions about her life and work.
On Tuesday, an Alabama court unsealed Ms. Lee’s will, but the mystery surrounding one of American literature’s most cherished authors only deepened.
The will, signed on February 11, 2016, eight days before her death, directed that the bulk of her assets, including her literary properties, be transferred into a trust she formed in 2011.
Trust documents are private, so all questions about what will become of her literary papers and who beyond her closest relatives might benefit from her assets, will remain unanswered for now.
It is also unclear how the will differed from any prior document Ms. Lee may have created to distribute her assets.
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