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Lord of the flies.

Author: William Golding
Publisher: New York, Coward-McCann, 1962.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island.
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Genre/Form: Psychological fiction
Allegories
Bildungsromans
Fiction
Fiction Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William Golding
ISBN: 0698102193 9780698102194 9780143129400 0143129406 0399501487 9780399501487 0140283331 9780140283334 9780399537424 0399537422
OCLC Number: 364695
Notes: A novel.
Description: 243 pages illustrations 23 cm
Contents: Introduction / E.M. Forster --
The 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 --
A view to a death --
The shell and the glasses --
Castle rock --
Cry of the hunters.
Responsibility: Introduction by E.M. Forster.

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Classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island.

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