Golding, William, 1911-1993.

Lord of the flies : a novel / by William Golding ; introduction by E.M. Forster ; with a biographical and critical note by E.L. Epstein. - 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. - New York : Riverhead Books, 1997. - xii, 256 p. ; 21 cm.

Introduction / E.M. Forster -- Sound of the shell -- Fire on the mountain -- Huts on the beach -- Painted faces and long hair -- Beast from water -- Beast from air -- Shadows and tall trees -- Gift for the darkness -- View to a death -- Shell and the glasses -- Castle rock -- Cry of the hunters -- Notes -- Critical analysis.

The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island.

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Survival--Fiction.
Regression (Psychology)--Fiction.
Islands--Fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Islands--Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Bildungsromans.

PR6013.O35 / L6 1997

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