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Author:

Golding, William, 1911-

Title:

Lord of the flies / a novel by William Golding ; with a biographical and critical note by E.L. Epstein.

Edition:

Educational edition.

Publisher:

Faber and Faber

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiv, 353 pages ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Good and evil--Fiction.
Atomic bomb--Fiction.
Moral conditions--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Ethics--Fiction.
Shipwreck survival--Fiction.
Airplane crash survival--Fiction.
Airplane crash survival--Psychological aspects--Fiction.
Islands--Fiction.
Regression (Psychology)--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations in children--Fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Notes:

Introduction and study notes © Faber and Faber Ltd.

Summary:

A group of boys, ages 6 to 12, survives a plane crash and becomes stranded on a deserted island. Ralph, Piggy and the others attempt to govern themselves, a task at which they fail disastrously. Two leaders--one civilized, one depraved--epitomize the forces of good against evil.

ISBN:

0571295711 trade paperback :
9780571295715 trade paperback :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1073018526

Locations:

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)