Lord Of The flies

By:

Golding, William

Material type: Text

TextISBN:

9780571191475

DDC classification:

English GOL

Summary: A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors. a group of schoolboys. assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued By day. they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas. but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast.In this. his first novel. William Golding gave the traditional adventure story an ironic. devastating twist. The boys delicate sense of order fades. and their childish fears are transformed into something deeper and more primitive. Their games take on a horrible significance. and before long the well-behaved party of schoolboys has turned into a tribe of faceless. murderous savages.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Booku Library Services Fiction Area	Booku Library Services	Fiction	English GOL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		9780571191475

A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors. a group of schoolboys. assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued By day. they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas. but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast.In this. his first novel. William Golding gave the traditional adventure story an ironic. devastating twist. The boys delicate sense of order fades. and their childish fears are transformed into something deeper and more primitive. Their games take on a horrible significance. and before long the well-behaved party of schoolboys has turned into a tribe of faceless. murderous savages.

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