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Lord of the flies.

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 natures
Print Book, English, 1954
Putnam, New York, 1954
Criticism, interpretation, etc
190 pages
301830513

LORD of the FLIES
A NOVEL

By William Golding

RIVERHEAD BOOKS

Copyright © 1954 William Golding. All rights reserved.
ISBN: 1-57322-612-2


Contents

INTRODUCTION BY E.M. FORSTER.........................................vone  THE SOUND OF THE SHELL..........................................1two  FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN...........................................31three  HUTS ON THE BEACH............................................50four  PAINTED FACES AND LONG HAIR...................................62five  BEAST FROM WATER..............................................83six  BEAST FROM AIR................................................106seven  SHADOWS AND TALL TREES......................................123eight  GIFT FOR THE DARKNESS.......................................141nine  A VIEW TO A DEATH............................................166ten  THE SHELL AND THE GLASSES.....................................178eleven  CASTLE ROCK................................................195twelve  CRY OF THE HUNTERS.........................................212NOTES..............................................................237CRITICAL ANALYSIS..................................................243