LORD OF THE FLIES, Casebook Edition Text, Notes, Criticism

GOLDING, WILLIAM . BAKER, JAMES R. & ZIEGLER, ARTHUR P. JR. ED.;.kermode, frank; forster, e.m.; spangler, donald r. EPSTEIN, E.L. essays

ISBN 10: 0399501487 / ISBN 13: 9780399501487

Published by Perigee Book (Penguin), NY, 2006

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VERY GOOD CONDITION, PAPERBACK ,clean, small chip back cover corner. bright; BLACKK titles on WHITE spine strip. Cover shows red & black inkblot on paper covers.red face cover art. ; Green winged fly & boy Cover Art; 208pg pages; Society, Human Nature. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LORD OF THE FLIES, Casebook Edition Text, Notes, Criticism
• Publisher: Perigee Book (Penguin), NY
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399501487
• ISBN 13: 9780399501487
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: CASEBOOK ED; Forty-Fourth Printing.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

William Golding’s profound tale of stranded youth, survival, and the shadowy depths of human nature, with an afterword by Lois Lowry

“Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. I still read it every couple of years.”—Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games trilogy

At 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.

Since 1954, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies has shaped our understanding of human nature—the latent darkness within, and the destructive or creative capacity of collective will. This edition also includes Suggestions for Further Exploration by Jennifer Buehler to contextualize Golding’s classic as one of the most timeless and socially relevant texts in the last century of literature.

About the Author

William Golding was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University. His first book, Poems, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy during World War II, Golding wrote Lord of the Flies while teaching school. It was the first of several works, including the novels Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Inheritors and a play, The Brass Butterfly, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

Lois Lowry is the two-time Newbery Award–winning author of Number the Stars,The Giver Quartet, and numerous other books for young adults.

Jennifer Buehler is an associate professor of educational studies at Saint Louis University and President of The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English.