num_pages: 216
description: A plane crashes on a desert 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. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics.
language: English
title: Lord of the Flies
titlecomplete: Lord of the Flies
characters: Piggy, Roger, Ralph, Jack Merridew, Simon
genres: Read For School, Dystopia, School, Novels, Young Adult, Literature, High School, Classics, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 2804157
publisher: Gardners Books