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.