Lord of the flies
For the 1963 film, see Lord of the Flies (1963 film). For the 1990 film, see Lord of the Flies (1990 film). For other uses, see Lord of the Flies (disambiguation).
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Lord of the Flies
LordOfTheFliesBookCover.jpg
The original UK Lord of the Flies book cover
Author William Golding
Cover artist Anthony Gross[1]
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Allegorical novel
Publisher Faber and Faber
Publication date
17 September 1954
ISBN ISBN 0-571-05686-5 (first edition, paperback)
OCLC 47677622
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on an uninhabited island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results. Its stances on the already controversial subjects of human nature and individual welfare versus the common good earned it position 68 on the American Library Association’s list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990–1999.[2] The novel is a reaction to the youth novel The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne.
Published in 1954, Lord of the Flies was Golding’s first novel. Although it was not a great success at the time—selling fewer than 3,000 copies in the United States during 1955 before going out of print—it soon went on to become a best-seller. It has been adapted to film twice in English, in 1963 by Peter Brook and 1990 by Harry Hook, and once in Filipino (1976).
In 2005 the novel was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.[3] It was awarded a place on both lists of Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 70 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.[4]
Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Plot
3 Allegorical relationships
3.1 Ralph
3.2 Piggy
3.3 The Conch
3.4 Jack Merridew
3.5 Roger
3.6 Simon
3.7 Naval Officer
3.8 The Beast
3.9 The Lord of the Flies
4 Adaptations
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Lord of the Flies
LordOfTheFliesBookCover.jpg
The original UK Lord of the Flies book cover
Author William Golding
Cover artist Anthony Gross[1]
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Allegorical novel
Publisher Faber and Faber
Publication date
17 September 1954
ISBN ISBN 0-571-05686-5 (first edition, paperback)
OCLC 47677622
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on an uninhabited island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results. Its stances on the already controversial subjects of human nature and individual welfare versus the common good earned it position 68 on the American Library Association’s list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990–1999.[2] The novel is a reaction to the youth novel The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne.
Published in 1954, Lord of the Flies was Golding’s first novel. Although it was not a great success at the time—selling fewer than 3,000 copies in the United States during 1955 before going out of print—it soon went on to become a best-seller. It has been adapted to film twice in English, in 1963 by Peter Brook and 1990 by Harry Hook, and once in Filipino (1976).
In 2005 the novel was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.[3] It was awarded a place on both lists of Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 70 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.[4]
Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Plot
3 Allegorical relationships
3.1 Ralph
3.2 Piggy
3.3 The Conch
3.4 Jack Merridew
3.5 Roger
3.6 Simon
3.7 Naval Officer
3.8 The Beast
3.9 The Lord of the Flies
4 Adaptations