Lord of the flies : a novel

Golding, William 1911-1993 (Author).

Summary: "A tale about a group of English schoolboys plane wrecked on a deserted island. At first they cooperate, but the situation deteriorates as the trappings of civilization fall away. Explores the boundary between human reason and animal instinct, all on the brutal playing field of adolescent competition."--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 0571200532 (1999 Faber and Faber pbk.)
ISBN: 0399529209 (2003 Perigee 50th anniversary edition hc.)
ISBN: 0140283331 (1999 Penguin Great Books trade pbk. ed.)
ISBN: 0571063667
ISBN: 0571084834 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 9780140283334 (1999 Penguin Great Books trade pbk. ed.)
ISBN: 9780571063666
ISBN: 9780571084838 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 9780399501487 (2006 Penguin/Perigee pbk.)
ISBN: 9780571200535 (1999 Faber and Faber pbk.)
ISBN: 9780399529207 (2003 Perigee 50th anniversary edition hc.)
Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) ; cm.
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Publisher: London, Eng. : Faber and Faber, 1958, c1954.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published in 1954.

1954 Perigree ed. includes a biographical and critical note by E. L. Epstein.

2003 50th Anniversary Perigee edition includes an introduction by E.M. Forster, a biographical and critical note by E.L. Epstein, and is illustrated by Ben Gibson.