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Cover of “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding

Lord of the Flies

William Golding · 1954

208 pages

A group of schoolboys survives a plane crash on a deserted island and tries to govern themselves. Order slips first into fear and then into savagery as the boys turn on one another. An allegory about civilisation, violence and what people become without rules.

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Survival, Deserted Island, Outcast Hero, Betrayal, Coming of Age, Philosophical

Content warnings: animal death

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