{"product_id":"lord-of-the-flies-9780143139355","title":"Lord of the Flies [Golding, William]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Golding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding's profound tale of stranded youth, survival, and the shadowy depths of human nature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the dawn of the next World War, a plane crash strands a group of schoolboys on a remote island. There are no grownups. No rules. Freedom is celebrated. But when strange, distant noises and visions of a beast begin to haunt the boys, their fragile order unravels, and all hopes of rescue fade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 1954, William Golding's \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies \u003c\/i\u003ehas shaped our understanding of human nature -- the latent darkness within, and the destructive or creative capacity of collective will. This edition also includes essays on reading and teaching the novel, an introduction from the 1962 edition by E. M. Forster, and notes by E. L. Epstein, scholar and book editor of the first 1959 American paperback edition, to contextualize Golding's classic as one of the most timeless and socially relevant texts in the last century of literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.03oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143139355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding \u003c\/b\u003e(1911-1993) was born in Cornwall, England, and educated at Oxford University. His first book, \u003ci\u003ePoems\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1934. Following a stint in the Royal Navy and other activities during and after World War II, Golding wrote his first novel, \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e (1954), while teaching school. Many novels followed, including \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritors\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003ePincher Martin\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), \u003ci\u003eFree Fall\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), and \u003ci\u003eThe Spire \u003c\/i\u003e(1964), as well as a play, \u003ci\u003eThe Brass Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), and a collection of shorter works, \u003ci\u003eThe Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e (1965). He received the James Tait Black Prize for \u003ci\u003eDarkness Visible\u003c\/i\u003e (1979) and the Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eRites of Passage\u003c\/i\u003e (1980). In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature \"for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today.\" He was awarded the title \"Companion of Literature\" by the Royal Society of Literature in 1983 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988. William Golding died in June 1993 and is buried in Holy Trinity churchyard in Bowerchalke, Wiltshire, in England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLois Lowry \u003c\/b\u003eis the two-time Newbery Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNumber the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Giver Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other books for young adults. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Greenwald Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Saint Louis University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOn Compromise: Art, Politics, and the Fate of an American Ideal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAffect and American Literature in the Age of Neoliberalism\u003c\/i\u003e. Her editorial work includes \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature in Transition: 2000- 2010 \u003c\/i\u003eand, with Mitchum Huehls, \u003ci\u003eNeoliberalism and Contemporary Literary Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Buehler\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English educational at Saint Louis University and the author of \u003ci\u003eTeaching Reading with YA Literature: Complex Texts, Complex Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). She served as president of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN) in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45533300654256,"sku":"9780143139355b","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/lord-of-the-flies-9780143139355","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}