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Deserted island schoolboys spiral into savagery.
"Lord of the Flies" isn't just about stranded boys; it's a haunting, profound exploration of human nature stripped of society's norms. This book grips you not only with survival tension but challenges your beliefs about civilization and inherent innocence. Dive in to confront the uncomfortable truths lurking within us all, laid bare in Golding's unflinching narrative.
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ISBN: 9780571200535
Authors:
William Golding
Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited
Date of Publication: 1999-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.69
(rated by 2876551 readers)
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Originally published in 1954, William Golding's Lord of the Flies is one of the most disturbing and celebrated novels of modern times. A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. At first, they revel in the freedom and celebrate the absence of grown-ups. Soon though, as the boys' fragile sense of order begins to collapse, their fears start to take on a sinister, primitive significance. Suddenly, the world of cricket, homework, and adventure stories seems a long way away. The boys are faced with a more pressing reality — survival — and the appearance of a terrifying beast who haunts their dreams. ‘No living writer has represented the fragility of man's enterprises so marvelously as Golding.’ A. S. Byatt, Evening Standard
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Deserted island schoolboys spiral into savagery.
"Lord of the Flies" isn't just about stranded boys; it's a haunting, profound exploration of human nature stripped of society's norms. This book grips you not only with survival tension but challenges your beliefs about civilization and inherent innocence. Dive in to confront the uncomfortable truths lurking within us all, laid bare in Golding's unflinching narrative.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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