num_pages: 230
description: Originally published in 1954, William Golding's Lord of the Flies is one of the most disturbing and celebrated novels of modern times.A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. At first they revel in the freedom and celebrate the absence of grown-ups.Soon though, as the boys' fragile sense of order begins to collapse, their fears start to take on a sinister, primitive significance. Suddenly, the world of cricket, homework and adventure stories seems a long way away. The boys are faced with a more pressing reality — survival — and the appearance of a terrifying beast who haunts their dreams.‘No living writer has represented the fragility of man's enterprises so marvelously as Golding.’ A. S. Byatt, Evening Standard
language: English
title: Lord of the Flies
titlecomplete: Lord of the Flies
characters: Jack Merridew, Piggy, Ralph, Roger, Simon
genres: Fiction, Adventure, School, Young Adult, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Novels, High School, Dystopia
ratings_count: 2804641
publisher: Faber and Faber Limited