Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies is William Golding’s classic 1954 novel about a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island whose descent into savagery explores the dark side of human nature and the fragility of civilization.

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instanceOf allegorical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptation Lord of the Flies (1963 film) ⓘ
Lord of the Flies (1990 film) ⓘ
stage play adaptations ⓘ
author William Golding ⓘ
awarded place on Modern Library 100 Best Novels list ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
explores fragility of civilization ⓘ
group dynamics under stress ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
allegory ⓘ
dystopian fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-571-05686-6 ⓘ
hasPageCount 224 (approximate, depending on edition) ⓘ
hasTargetAudience adult readers ⓘ
young adult readers ⓘ
inspiredBy The Coral Island ⓘ
literaryPeriod post-war literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Jack Merridew ⓘ
Piggy ⓘ
Ralph ⓘ
Roger ⓘ
Sam and Eric ⓘ
Simon ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient ⓘ
notableQuote Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us. ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationDate 1954 ⓘ
publisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
setting uninhabited tropical island ⓘ
symbol Piggy’s glasses ⓘ
the Lord of the Flies (pig’s head) ⓘ
the beast ⓘ
the conch shell ⓘ
the signal fire ⓘ
taughtIn secondary school curricula worldwide ⓘ
theme breakdown of social order ⓘ
civilization versus savagery ⓘ
inherent evil in human nature ⓘ
loss of innocence ⓘ
mob mentality ⓘ
power and leadership ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century ⓘ

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