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 …
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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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- LibraryThing key:
- 2475502
- Goodreads:
- 7624
- BNF ID:
- 11992683c
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Lord of the Flies
264 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2001 by Faber and Faber.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-571-05686-6Copied ISBN!
Lord of the Flies
paperback, 190 pages
English language
Published July 10, 1953 by Perigree.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4039-9196-6Copied ISBN!
Lord of the Flies
223 pages
English language
Published July 10, 1954 by Faber and Faber.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-571-08483-8Copied ISBN!
Lord of the Flies
225 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2002 by Faber.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-571-19147-5Copied ISBN!
Lord of the flies
176 pages
English language
Published July 29, 2012 by Faber & Faber, Limited.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-571-26738-5Copied ISBN!
Lord of the Flies
audio cd, 6 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2005 by Listening Library (Audio).
- ISBN:
- 978-0-307-28170-8Copied ISBN!
Lord of the Flies. Casebook Edition
English language
Published July 10, 1983
- ISBN:
- 978-0-399-50643-7Copied ISBN!
Lord of the flies
Unknown Binding, 443 pages
English language
Published Oct. 4, 1975 by National Aid to Visually Handicapped.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-89064-043-2Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 2662434
Lord of the Flies
Hardcover
Published July 4, 1977 by Perfection Learning Prebound.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8124-1611-4Copied ISBN!
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