Lord of the flies

Lord of the flies

William Golding, Edmund L. Epstein • Perigee

ISBN-10: 0399501487 · ISBN-13: 978‑0399501487 · 1954

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The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own nature. 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.

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