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Lord of the Flies

Authors:: William Golding (author), Ian Gregor (supplemental), Mark Kinkead-Weekes (supplemental) and Neil Gower (covers)
Language:: English
Original language:: English
Publisher:: Faber and Faber
Category:: Novel
Publication year:: 2004
Original publication year:: 1954
ISBN:: 978-0-571-05686-6
Synopsis:: A cautionary novel about the consequences of letting children run their own society without adult supervision. A plane crashes on a deserted island, and the batch of school boys are left to fend for themselves. The title is a reference to Beelzebub, which is a Hebrew word meaning "lord of the flies" (it's a Philistine god worshiped at Ekron, and is mentioned in the Bible, in 2 Kings 1:2-3), but it's also a reference to a literal lord of flies, namely a pig's head on a stick (it attracts so many flies, you see, that the children start calling it by that title). The novel chronicles how the children conceive of and develop their society.
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Introduction

1. The Sound of the Shell

2. Fire on the Mountain

3. Huts on the Beach

4. Painted Faces and Long Hair

5. Beast from Water

6. Beast from Air

7. Shadows and Tall Trees

8. Gift for the Darkness

9. A View to a Death

10. The Shell and the Glasses

11. Castle Rock

12. Cry of the Hunters

"Fable"

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