Lord of the Flies by William Golding (2003, Hardcover)

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Lord of the Flies: 50th Anniversary Edition

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100399529209
ISBN-139780399529207
eBay Product ID (ePID)2494647

Product Key Features

Edition50
Book TitleLord of the Flies
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Classics, Literary
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes, Gibson, Ben
GenreFiction
AuthorWilliam Golding
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight17.2 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-054825
Dewey Edition21
Reviews" Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager, I still read it every couple of years." --Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games "As exciting, relevant, and thought-provoking now as it was when Golding published it in 1954." -- Stephen King "The most influential novel...since Salinger's Catcher in the Rye ." --Time "This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return (in a few weeks) to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality. Lord of the Flies does. It must also be superbly written. It is." --The New York Times Book Review "Sparely and elegantly written... Lord of the Flies is a grim anti-pastoral in which adults are disguised as children who replicate the worst of their elders' heritage of ignorance, violence, and warfare." --Joyce Carol Oates, New York Review of Books, " Lord of the Flies  is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager, I still read it every couple of years."  -- Suzanne Collins , author of  The Hunger Games, " Lord of the Flies  is one of my favorite books. That was a big influence on me as a teenager, I still read it every couple of years."  -Suzanne Collins, author of  The Hunger Games "As exciting, relevant, and thought-provoking now as it was when Golding published it in 1954." - Stephen King "The most influential novel...since Salinger's  Catcher in the Rye ."  -Time "This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return (in a few weeks) to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality.  Lord of the Flies  does. It must also be superbly written. It is."  -The New York Times Book Review   "Sparely and elegantly written... Lord of the Flies  is a grim anti-pastoral in which adults are disguised as children who replicate the worst of their elders' heritage of ignorance, violence, and warfare."  -Joyce Carol Oates, New York Review of Books
Notes byEpstein, E. L.
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Edition DescriptionAnniversary
SynopsisThe 50th Anniversary Edition of the Lord of the Flies is the volume that every fan of this classic book will have to own! Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature. 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 has established itself as a true classic. And now readers can own it in a beautifully designed hardcover edition worthy of its stature., The 50th Anniversary Edition of the Lord of the Flies is the volume that every fan of this classic book will have to own Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature. 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 has established itself as a true classic. And now readers can own it in a beautifully designed hardcover edition worthy of its stature.
LC Classification NumberPR6013.O35L6 2003

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