Lord of the Flies

Paperback, 202 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2023 by Faber & Faber.

ISBN:
978-0-399-50148-7
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Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality.

The novel has been generally well received. It was named in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list. In 2003 it was listed at number 70 on the BBC's The Big Read poll, and in 2005 Time magazine named it as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Time also included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. Popular reading in schools, especially in the English-speaking world, a 2016 UK poll saw …

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Nice Island, Shitty Kids

I went into this book with a pretty correct idea about what it would be about. It reminded me of every job I've ever had; a bunch of childish boys trying to decide who's in charge.

What surprised me is that it was actually a nice little tropical vacation of sorts. I should have read it in wintertime.

Tensivo

Un gruppo di ragazzini vittima di un incidente aereo deve costruire una mini-società per sopravvivere in un'isola deserta. In un climax di tensione, scontri e adolescenza, il libro racconta le disavventure di ragazzi che cercano di fare quello che possono di fronte alla natura ostile, fuori e dentro di loro.

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Subjects

  • fiction
  • relationships
  • adventure
  • morality
  • survival
  • childhood
  • children
  • boys
  • ethics
  • castaway
  • shipwreck
  • regression
  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • Fiction, psychological
  • Literature and fiction (general)
  • English literature
  • Death
  • thriller
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Islands
  • Castaways
  • Good and evil
  • Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks
  • Leadership
  • Regression (Psychology)
  • Interpersonal relations in children
  • Zhang pian xiao shuo