| Edition |
Twelfth Perigee edition. |
| Description |
190 pages ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
A Wideview/Perigee book
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| Contents |
Sound of the shell -- Fire on the mountain -- Huts on the beach -- Painted faces and long hair -- Beast from water -- Beast from air -- Shadows and tall trees -- Gift for the darkness -- View to a death -- Shell and the glasses -- Castle rock -- Cry of the hunters -- Notes. |
| Summary |
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. The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own natures. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.0 9.0 744. |
| Subject |
Survival.
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Shipwreck survival.
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Survival at sea.
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Airplane crash survival.
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Regression (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Islands -- Fiction.
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Boys -- Fiction.
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Psychological fiction.
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Adventure stories.
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Science fiction.
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| ISBN |
0399501487 paperback |
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9780399501487 paperback |
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