An edition of Lord of Flies (1954)

Lord of the flies

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An edition of Lord of Flies (1954)

Lord of the flies

1st Edition
  • 3.64 ·
  • 309 Ratings
  • 1795 Want to read
  • 82 Currently reading
  • 397 Have read

Few works in literature have received as much popular and critical attention as Nobel Laureate William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Since its publication in 1954, it has amassed a cult following, and has significantly contributed to our dystopian vision of the post-war era. When responding to the novel's dazzling power of intellectual insight, scholars and critics often invoke the works of Shakespeare, Freud, Rousseau, Sartre, Orwell, and Conrad. Golding's aim to "trace the defect of society back to the defect of human nature" is elegantly pursued in this gripping adventure tale about a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island. Alone in a world of uncharted possibilities, devoid of adult supervision or rules, the boys attempt to forge their own society, failing, however, in the face of terror, sin, and evil. Part parable, allegory, myth, parody, political treatise, and apocalyptic vision, Lord of the Flies is perhaps the most memorable tale about "the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart."

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Penguin Books
Language
English

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New York, USA

Edition Notes

Title from e-book title screen (viewed May 18, 2005).

Originally published: Penguin, New York, c1954.

Series
Penguin great books of the 20th century

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914
Library of Congress
PR6013.O35 L5 2001eb, PR6013.O35L5 2001

The Physical Object

Format
electronic resource
Pagination
1 online resource.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27071759M
ISBN 10
0786516682, 1101158107
ISBN 13
9780786516681, 9781101158104
OCLC/WorldCat
60404210

Work Description

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.

(From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies)

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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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