Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional …
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Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. The novel, which was Golding's debut, was 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 published between 1923 and 2005, and included it in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. Popular reading in schools, especially in the English-speaking world, Lord of the Flies was ranked third in the nation's favourite books from school in a 2016 UK poll.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 2475502
- Goodreads:
- 7624
- BNF ID:
- 11992683c
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Lord of the Flies (Abridged Audio Edition)
2 pages
English language
Published Aug. 1, 1997 by Penguin Audio.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-086416-8Copied ISBN!
Lord of the Flies
313 pages
English language
Published Sept. 23, 2006
- ISBN:
- 978-0-399-53337-2Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 6434567
Il signore delle mosche
280 pages
Italian language
Published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-520-3177-9Copied ISBN!
El señor de las moscas
256 pages
Spanish language
Published Dec. 16, 1998
- ISBN:
- 978-84-206-3411-1Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 792859
Herr der Fliegen
228 pages
German language
Published Sept. 23, 1983 by Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-596-21462-4Copied ISBN!
Lord of the Flies. Casebook Edition
English language
Published Sept. 23, 1983
- ISBN:
- 978-0-399-50643-7Copied ISBN!
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