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9780399529207
Lord of the Flies
by Golding, William, Forster, E. M.
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- Comments: Gibson, Ben (illustrator). Anniversary. The 50th Anniversary Edition of the Lord of the Flies is the volume that every fan of this classic book will have to own!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...
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- ISBN-13: 9780399529207
- ISBN: 0399529209
- Edition: 1
- Publication Date: 2003
- Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
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"With undertones of '1984' and 'High Wind in Jamaica', this brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return (in a few weeks) to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must apprach very close to reality. 'Lord of the Flies' does. It must also be superbly written. It is. If criticism must be leveled at such a feat of the imagination, it is permissible perhaps to carp at the very premise on which the whole strange story is founded."Golding, William is the author of 'Lord of the Flies', published 2003 under ISBN 9780399529207 and ISBN 0399529209.
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