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"As exciting, relevant, and thought-provoking now as it was when Golding published it in 1954."
—Stephen King
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. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature.
William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first, it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behavior collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them—the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories—and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible.
Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic.
William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first, it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behavior collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them—the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories—and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible.
Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic.
About the Author
Sir William Gerald Golding, CBE FRSL (19 September 1911 - 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. He was born in Cornwall (England) and educated at Oxford University. Golding's first book, Poems, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy and other diversions during and after World War II, Golding wrote his first novel Lord of the Flies (1954) while teaching school, which gave him recognition in the world of literature. After that he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime including Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Inheritors.
In 1980, Golding was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first novel in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth. He penned down a play, The Brass Butterfly, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. He was knighted in 1988 for his contribution to literature, and became fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2008, Times ranked him third of the list of 'the 50 greatest British writers since 1945'.
He died at the age of 81 (1993) in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.
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Rating: 4.6/5
Author: William Golding
Publisher: Penguin Books, 3rd edition
Publishing Date: October 1, 1999
Edition Language: English
Genre: Psychological Fiction, Classic Literature & Fiction, Literary Fiction
ISBN-10: 0140283331
ISBN-13: 978-0140283334
Pages: 192 (Paperback)
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