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Lord Of The Flies

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Lord Of The Flies

by William Golding

Faber And Faber | January 1, 1958 | Trade Paperback

This classic debut novel from William Golding follows a group of English schoolchildren stranded on a deserted island following the crash of their airplane. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies has dazzled readers for decades. Readers are quickly drawn into the boys' increasingly brutal world as they become divided in a bitter power struggle that exposes the darkest elements of human nature. Masterfully written, this adventure novel imparts valuable lessons about how easily society can slide into barbarism.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Interesting and thoughtful

    Kelly Boden

    2 months ago

    This book is creative and gives a lot of thoughts to the true nature of humans. The book starts with a group of schoolboys being deserted on a desolate island. The boys attempt to create a society fuelled by fair government and roles. One of the main concerns is to keep a signal fire going so they can be rescued. The society starts to fail when fear and violence overrule common sense. Many of the small boys start to fear ‘the beast’ and a group of violent and cruel school boys take over and murders are committed. Overall, this book is very well written and contains a lot of symbolism however; I thought the ending could have been better.

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    Rating: 3/5

    Eight Bookcases

    E. Guest

    9 months ago

    Check out my review on Golding's work at:
    http://8bookcases.blogspot.com/2011/09/lord-of-flies-by-william-golding.html

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    Rating: 4/5

    A True Classic

    Tommasina Caprio

    9 months ago

    Well this book certainly is a classic. The book is disturbing but somehow so interesting. William Golding really captures what boys would be like trapped on an island with no rule and no adults. The book, at times, can be rather confusing as when it was published words that were used then are not words we would use now. For example "creeper" I had to look up the book definition as to me, the only creeper definition I am familiar with would not fit the books use of the term. Overall I felt this book was a good read and that it is a book everyone should at some point add to their "read" list.

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    Melanie

    Rating: 5/5

    Insightful

    Melanie

    13 years ago

    "What a dumb name", I thought when someone recommended this book to me. However, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Beneath what appears to be a book filled with action and adventure, lies hidden messages that should not be neglected. Ponder each chapter and the lessons learned because they are valuable life lessons that are only too real. This book, read in most highschools in Ontario proves to be an excellent choice for advanced readers.

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This classic debut novel from William Golding follows a group of English schoolchildren stranded on a deserted island following the crash of their airplane. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies has dazzled readers for decades. Readers are quickly drawn into the boys' increasingly brutal world as they become divided in a bitter power struggle that exposes the darkest elements of human nature. Masterfully written, this adventure novel imparts valuable lessons about how easily society can slide into barbarism.

Employee Review Adam from Coles # 170, Ottawa, ON

A group of boys stranded on a remote island organizes itself into a democracy for its members' survival and rescue. Soon, however, the boys' fear of the unknown drives them into a tribal war that brings out in them humanity's darker side. Though written in often unclear and ambiguous prose, the story is fascinating, and explores the natures of boys and relationships as well as themes of coming of age, civilization vs. primitive society and the fear and destruction the narrator believes is at the heart of human nature. Exciting and sometimes frightening, this is a classic.

About the Author

Born in Cornwall and brought up as a scientist, Golding changed to English literature after two years at Oxford University. Interested in classical Greek and archeology, he says his literary influences have been Euripides and the anonymous Anglo-Saxon author of The Battle of Maldon. E. M. Forster called Golding's Lord of the Flies (1954) "the outstanding novel of the year." In the United States, it got off to a slow start, however, until the paperback edition of 1959 led to its popularity among college students. Golding himself describes its theme as "an attempt to trace the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system, however logical or respectable" (Introduction). It became a runaway bestseller and was made into a film in 1963. Other novels include: The Inheritors (1955), which tells the story of innocent Neanderthal man's defeat and supercession by Homo sapiens; Free Fall (1959), an artist's autobiographical search for the mechanism of transition from the relatively guiltless sins of his free childhood to those in his unfree adult life; The Spire (1964), in which Golding re-creates the story behind the building of a great English cathedral, which might have been Salisbury; and The Pyramid (1967), a lighthearted comedy of manners. The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces (1965) consists of 20 brief essays (two are autobiographical). Among the most interesting is "Fable," in which he tells how the war transformed him into a moralist and how he came to write Lord of the Flies. In 1961--62, he was a visiting professor at Hollins College in Virginia and lectured at American colleges and universities. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

Trade Paperback

240 Pages, 4.75 x 7.25 x 0.55 IN

January 1, 1958

Faber And Faber

English


0571084834
9780571084838

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