Category - Fiction / Classics
Format - Paperback
Condition - Good
Listed - 7 months ago
Views - 7
Wishes - 1
Ships From - Rhode Island
Est. Publication Date - Jul 2000
Seller Description
A Penguin Book. Pub date not specified. Originally published in 1954. Good -Bending and creasing to covers, general shelf-wear includes rubbing along edges. Tight binding, clean text. Good (G): Describes the average used worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects should be noted by the seller. DESCRIPTION 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. 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.
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Lord of the Flies
ISBN: 9780399501487
Publisher Description
Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age. This edition in...
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