Lord of the Flies (Penguin Drop Caps) (Penguin audiobooks) (Faber Library, v. 3)

by William Golding

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast.

In this, his first novel, William Golding gave the traditional adventure story an ironic, devastating twist. The boys' delicate sense of order fades, and their childish fears are transformed into something deeper and more primitive. Their games take on a horrible significance, and before long the well-behaved party of schoolboys has turned into a tribe of faceless, murderous savages.

First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognized as a classic, one of the most celebrated of all modern novels.

• ISBN10: 0571084834
• ISBN13: 9780571084838
• Publish Date: 1 January 1973 (first published December 1954)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 26 August 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Faber & Faber
• Edition: Main
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[maggiefan]

What the fuck...

[Bianca]

What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

Wow, there is a lot in The Lord of the Flies, but I’m not going to dive into any of it; not at this point of time. All I will say is this classic dystopian novel could be about the importance of rules, a metaphor of something spiritual, a book of sociology or simply a story of young boys living a fantasy of no adult supervision. That’s the beauty of novels; according to William Golding. While it seems that a lot of people hated this book, it may be the simple fact that a lot of people were forced to read this book at school. After a plane crash leaving only a few survivors; all teenage boys, they set out to survive on an island while they wait to get rescued. They quickly organise themselves and set some rules, but with every day passing everything slowly collapses. This is a decent read and if you never had a chance to read it please don’t over look it; it may have something in it for you.