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Lord of the Flies

William Golding

A sharp island classic about order breaking down.

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Genre

Allegorical fiction

Subgenre

Survival dystopia

Original publication

17 September 1954

Original publisher

Faber and Faber

Pages

224

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

An uninhabited tropical island

ISBN

9780399501487

Original title

Lord of the Flies

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About the book

A group of stranded schoolboys try to govern themselves before fear, ritual and violence take over.

A compact recommendation for readers asking about human nature, school reading, survival, social order and moral collapse.

The book is short, symbolic and discussion-friendly, which makes it a durable classroom choice.

It suits searches for dark survival fiction, leadership conflict and allegories of civilization under pressure.

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