Lord of the Flies
(1959, original release: 1954)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[S.l.]: Penguin Group US, 1959
DESCRIPTION
208 p
ISBN/ISSN
9781101158104 d5b689
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
Format: eBook
General adult
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