The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.
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Lord of the Flies
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by William Golding
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Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality.
The novel has been generally well received. It was named in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list. In 2003 it was listed at number 70 on the BBC's The Big Read poll, and in 2005 Time magazine named it as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Time also included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. Popular reading in schools, especially in the English-speaking world, a 2016 UK poll saw Lord of the Flies ranked third in the nation's favourite books from school.
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"Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature."
Table of Contents
Praise for Lord of the Flies
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword by LOIS LOWRY
Introduction by STEPHEN KING
LORD OF THE FLIES
1.
The Sound of the Shell
2.
Fire on the Mountain
3.
Huts on the Beach
4.
Painted Faces and Long Hair
5.
Beast from Water
6.
Beast from Air
7.
Shadows and Tall Trees
8.
Gift for the Darkness
9.
A View to a Death
10.
The Shell and the Glasses
11.
Castle Rock
12.
Cry of the Hunters
On Reading and Teaching Lord of the Flies by JENNIFER BUEHLER
Suggestions for Further Exploration by JENNIFER BUEHLER
Introduction to the 1962 Edition by E. M. FORSTER
Notes on Lord of the Flies from the 1959 Edition by E. L. EPSTEIN
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