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Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding and Ben Gibson
Hardback
Publication Date: 28/10/2003

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The 50th Anniversary Edition of the Lord of the Flies is the volume that every fan of this classic book will have to own

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. And now readers can own it in a beautifully designed hardcover edition worthy of its stature.

ISBN:
9780399529207
9780399529207
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
28-10-2003
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Edition:
50th Edition
Dimensions (mm):
210.82x141.22x30.23mm
Weight:
0.49kg
William Golding

William Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911 and was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford.

His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and was filmed by Peter Brook in 1963. He won the Booker Prize for his novel Rites of Passage in 1980, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

He was knighted in 1988. He died in 1993.

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