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003			OCoLC
005			20251028092233.0
008			051031r19541982nyu 000 f eng d
020			_a0140283331 : _c$14.00
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780140283334
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780140283334
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780140283334
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780140283334
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780140283334
035			_z(Sirsi) 156263
040			_aAMP _cAMP _dXBM _dJED _dOCLCQ _dXY4 _dOCLCQ
090			_aPR 6013 .O35 L5 1982
100	1		_aGolding, William, _d1911-1993.
245	1	0	_aLord of the flies / _cby William Golding.
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Books, _cc1954, c1982.
300			_a182 p. ; _c21 cm.
490	1		_aPenguin great books of the 20th century
520			_aFew 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 vision of the post-war era. When responding to the novel's dazzling power of intellectual insight, scholars and critics often invoke the works of Shakespeare, Freud, Rousseau, Sartre, Orwell, and Conrad. Golding's aim to "trace the defect of society back to the defect of human nature" is elegantly pursued in this gripping adventure tale about a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island. Alone in a world of uncharted possibilities, devoid of adult supervision or rules, the boys attempt to forge their own society, failing, however, in the face of terror, sin, and evil. Part parable, allegory, myth, parody, political treatise, and apocalyptic vision, Lord of the Flies is perhaps the most memorable tale about "the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart."
650		0	_aShipwreck survival _vFiction.
650		0	_aCastaways _vFiction.
650		0	_aIslands _vFiction.
650		0	_aBoys _vFiction.
650		0	_aInterpersonal relations _vFiction.
655		7	_aAdventure fiction. _2gsafd
830		0	_aPenguin great books of the 20th century.
999			_c98561 _d98561