| Lord of the Flies Contributor(s): Golding, William (Author), Forster, E. M. (Introduction by), Epstein, E. L. (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 1573226122 ISBN-13: 9781573226127 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1997 Annotation: Capturing generations of readers since its publication in 1954, "Lord of the Flies" is a cult favorite among students and literary critics. An adventure tale in its purest form, this thrilling account of a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island exposes the duality of human nature itself--the dark, eternal divide between order and chaos, intellect and instinct, structure and savagery. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97002124 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.54" W x 8.34" (0.55 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Mexican - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Illinois |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 744 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before The Hunger Games there was Lord of the Flies 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.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.
--Stephen King |