Lord of the Flies

By: William Golding

Published October 1st 1999 by Penguin Books (first published September 17th 1954)

Category: Business

Pages: 182 pages

ISBN: 9780140283334

Description:
At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate; this far from civilization the boys can do anything they want. Anything. They attempt to forge their own society, failing, however, in the face of terror, sin and evil. And as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far from reality as the hope of being rescued. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies is perhaps our most memorable novel about Òthe end of innocence, the darkness of manÕs heart.Ó