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
368 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2001 by Faber & Faber, Limited.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-571-29571-5Copied ISBN!
Lord of the Flies
Hardcover
English language
Published Oct. 4, 1993 by Buccaneer Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-89966-905-2Copied ISBN!
Lord of the Flies
English language
Published April 4, 1983 by Putnam Publishing Group.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-399-30002-8Copied ISBN!
Lord of the flies.
243 pages
English language
Published Oct. 4, 1962 by Coward-McCann.
- OCLC Number:
- 364695
Lord of the flies
243 pages
English language
Published Oct. 4, 1971 by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.
Lord of the Flies
Unknown Binding
Published Sept. 4, 1997 by Perfection Learning Prebound.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7807-7682-1Copied ISBN!
Lord of the flies.
192 pages
English language
Published Oct. 4, 1959 by Capricorn Books.
Lord of the flies
243 pages
English language
Published Oct. 4, 1955 by Coward-McCann.
Lord of the flies
192 pages
English language
Published Oct. 4, 1959 by Capricorn Books.
Lord of the flies
248 pages
English language
Published Oct. 4, 1963 by Faber and Faber.
Lord of the flies
248 pages
English language
Published Oct. 4, 1958 by Faber.
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