Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140283334ISBN:0140283331
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1999-10-01
ISBN-13:9780140283334ISBN:0140283331
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140283334ISBN:0140283331
Description: New. Few works in literature have received as much popular and critical attention as Nobel Laureate William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Since its publication in 1954, it has amassed a cult following, and has significantly contributed to our dystopian vis... read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 182 p. Contains: Illustrations. Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century. Audience: General/trade. PBT: Book photo is correct. This PBT has flaps and is a graduated green to gold cover. a noticed tear at very bottom 1/2" of spine plus #19 on bottom book edge at that spine area. read more
"It's rare to find someone who managed to get through high school without reading this, and for good reason. Disturbing and thought-provoking, this book asks the questions that need to be asked of adolescents itching for freedom yet finding themselves under more and more pressure to conform. I may yet revisit it, to see how my changed perspective changes my reading."
"Some times when I read something or learn something that I have heard about my whole life, it sort of fills a void in me. This book filled that void with a bunch of rubbish! How it became a classic is totally beyond me.
It had a singular message, and that message was totally wrong, stupid, and depressing."
"Well written, accurate, and insightful about the human nature of man, especially if left to itself and unbridled. But once again, it's full of hate and evil and lack of conscience which certainly exists all around us but you won't feel good if you read this book. You won't feel uplifted and motivated to be a better person...you'll just shudder at how awful, cruel, and evil mankind can be. It will probably make you more cynical and doubtful. Now how is that helpful in the long run?
PS if you really want an accurate picture of the downfall of society just attend public high school for a day and you'll pretty much see everything Mr.Golding sees except for the pigs on a stick (that's coming though, I'm sure...)"
"A disclaimer: it wasn't my idea to read this book; a colleague selected this book as part of our students' summer reading program.
If there was a time in my life that I liked this book, it must have been in the wee hormonal epoch of my early youth.
Frankly, I didn't like it. I found myself not having any empathy for the characters; I found the prose rather tedious, and the plot obviously contrived, and it seemed that Golding made a particular, but obvious effort to attempt to tie everything in with symbolic value. It was a book that I begged for immediate merciful closure.
A good point: I will not teach this novel during our normal school sessions, and in that aspect, I thought it was a illuminating read."
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