Lord of the Flies
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (712 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0000E69E3 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 520 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's returnto that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emergeSuperbly written." --The New York Times
As With Many "Classics" I Think This One Is Over-Rated 35 years after having to read this book for an English class in High School I figured I'd give it another try. I remember not liking it then and I only liked it slightly more this time. Sure there's some crisp writing (there's also surprisingly some awkward writing like how many times Golding uses the . "Lord of the Flies 50th Anniversary Edition" according to JWolf. THIS EDITION: "Lord of the Flies" 50th Anniversary Edition, by William Golding (winner of the 198Lord of the Flies 50th Anniversary Edition THIS EDITION: "Lord of the Flies" 50th Anniversary Edition, by William Golding (winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature), boasts a beautiful hard-bound cover and includes an introduction from E.M. Forster, biographical and critical notes by E.L. Epstein, and illustrations from Ben Gibson.Golding, . Nobel Prize in Literature), boasts a beautiful hard-bound cover and includes an introduction from E.M. Forster, biographical and critical notes by E.L. Epstein, and illustrations from Ben Gibson.Golding, . Shocking read for its time. This tale of a group of educated young English boys stranded on an island and their slow decent into savagery was, I imagine, quite horrifying in its day. The thought of such fine Britain youth becoming blood thirsty savages while a few tried to remain "Human" in just a few months must have really been
The situation deteriorates as the trappings of civilization continue to fall away, until Ralph discovers that instead of being hunters, he and Piggy have become the hunted: "He forgot his words, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet." Golding's gripping novel explores the boundary between human reason and animal instinct, all on the brutal playing field of adolescent competition. William Golding's classic tale about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island is just as chilling and relevant today as when it was first published in 1954. --Jennifer Hubert. Soon Ralph's