Lord of the flies

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Description

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. (From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies)

First Sentence

The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.

Description

Stranded on an island while an atomic war destroys the rest of the world, a group of young boys revert to savagery as they struggle to survive

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Other Editions

• Lord of the Flies, Hardcover - 1954 - Faber & Faber,
• Lord of the Flies, Hardcover - 1975 - Amereon Limited
• Lord of the Flies, Hardcover - 1978-04-01 - Putnam Pub Group (T)
• Lord of the Flies - 1983-04-01 - Putnam Publishing Group
• El señor de las moscas, Hardcover - 1984 - Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona, España
• Lord of the Flies (Ajrh 109sp): Bk&Cassett edition, Paperback - 1984-06-01 - Listening Library
• Lord of the Flies, Paperback - 1984-06-01 - Scholastic Book Service
• Herr der Fliegen: Ungekürzte Ausgabe, 823. -852. Tausend: Januar 1991, Paperback - 1991 - Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Lord of the Flies, Hardcover - 1993-10-01 - Buccaneer Books
• El señor de las moscas, Paperback - 1998 - Alianza
• Lord of the Flies - 2011-08-04 - Faber & Faber
• Lord of the Flies, Paperback - 2012-01-09 - Klett Sprachen GmbH
• Lord Of The Flies, Paperback - 2013-05-05 - A & A Publishers
• Lord of the Flies, Paperback - 2016-11-15 - Penguin Classics
• Lord of the Flies - 2018 - Independently Published
• 163 other editions not shown