Lord of the flies

Golding, William 1911-1993 (Author).

Summary: Few works in literature have received as much popular and critical attention as Nobel Laureate William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Since its publication in 1954, it has amassed a cult following, and has significantly contributed to our dystopian vision of the post-war era. When responding to the novel's dazzling power of intellectual insight, scholars and critics often invoke the works of Shakespeare, Freud, Rousseau, Sartre, Orwell, and Conrad. Golding's aim to "trace the defect of society back to the defect of human nature" is elegantly pursued in this gripping adventure tale about a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island. Alone in a world of uncharted possibilities, devoid of adult supervision or rules, the boys attempt to forge their own society, failing, however, in the face of terror, sin, and evil. Part parable, allegory, myth, parody, political treatise, and apocalyptic vision, Lord of the Flies is perhaps the most memorable tale about "the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart."

Record details

ISBN: 1101158107
ISBN: 9781101158104
ISBN: 9780786516681
ISBN: 0786516682
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
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Edition: First edition (electronic).
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from e-book title screen (viewed May 18, 2005). Originally published: Penguin, New York, c1954.
Target Audience Note:	770L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 5 9 744.