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Lord of the Flies: Great Books Edition (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
by William Golding
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780140283334 
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behaviour collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them — the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories — and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible.
Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature.
Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic.
Review:
"Like any orthodox moralist Golding insists that Man is a fallen creature, but he refuses to hypostatize Evil or to locate it in a dimension of its own. On the contrary Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies, is Roger and Jack and you and I, ready to declare himself as soon as we permit him to." John Peter, Kenyon Review
Review:
"[S]parely and elegantly written....Lord of the Flies is a grim anti-pastoral in which adults are disguised as children who replicate the worst of their elders' heritage of ignorance, violence, and warfare." Joyce Carol Oates, New York Review of Books
Review:
"[T]his brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return (in a few weeks) to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must apprach very close to reality. Lord of the Flies does. It must also be superbly written. It is." The New York Times Book Review
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Born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University, William Gerald Golding's first book, Poems, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy and other diversions during and after World War II, Golding wrote Lord of the Flies while teaching school. This was the first of several novels including Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Inheritors and a play, The Brass Butterfly, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
Synopsis:
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.<P>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".
About the Author
Born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University, William Gerald Golding's first book, Poems, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy and other diversions during and after World War II, Golding wrote Lord of the Flies while teaching school. This was the first of several novels including Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Inheritors and a play, The Brass Butterfly, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
Table of Contents
One: The Sound Of The Shell
Two: Fire On The Mountain
Three: Huts On The Beach
Four: Painted Faces And Long Hair
Five: Beast From Water
Six: Beast From Air
Seven: Shadows And Tall Trees
Eight: Gift For The Darkness
Nine: A View To A Death
Ten: The Shell And The Glasses
Eleven: Castle Rock
Twelve: Cry Of The Hunters
Two: Fire On The Mountain
Three: Huts On The Beach
Four: Painted Faces And Long Hair
Five: Beast From Water
Six: Beast From Air
Seven: Shadows And Tall Trees
Eight: Gift For The Darkness
Nine: A View To A Death
Ten: The Shell And The Glasses
Eleven: Castle Rock
Twelve: Cry Of The Hunters
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waitingtoleave, February 9, 2007 (view all comments by waitingtoleave)
When I read this in my high school English class, my best friend and I were convinced "Lord of the Flies" was a religious metaphor, and everyone else thought we were crazy, until the teacher sided with us. I cannot emphasize how helpful it can be to read Messiah stories to question your own faith; this can be a chance to test your own beliefs, or if you aren't Christian, a great look at how Christianity uses themes that translate to great storytelling. The Bible is the most popular book of all time, you know!
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luckygreen, January 31, 2007 (view all comments by luckygreen)
An fantastic tail of the good and evil of mankind. Golding shows both the good and the inner demons of humans.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780140283334
- Subtitle:
- Great Books Edition
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Location:
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
- Subject:
- Boys
- Subject:
- Interpersonal Relations
- Subject:
- Classics
- Subject:
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by
- Subject:
- Adventure stories
- Subject:
- Americans
- Subject:
- Human relations
- Subject:
- Islands
- Subject:
- Golding, william, 1911-1993
- Subject:
- Adventure fiction
- Subject:
- Castaways
- Subject:
- Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
- Subject:
- Fiction, Adult
- Series:
- Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century
- Series Volume:
- 135
- Publication Date:
- October 1999
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 839x564x54 51
