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Golding, William, 1911-1993

Lord of the flies / a novel by William Golding ; with a biographical and critical note by E.L. Epstein - New York : Penguin Books, 2016. - 208 p. ; 19 cm

A group of boys, ages 6 to 12, survives a plane crash and becomes stranded on a deserted island. Ralph, Piggy and the others attempt to govern themselves, a task at which they fail disastrously. Two leaders--one civilized, one depraved--epitomize the forces of good against evil

ISBN: 0399501487 9780399501487

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Airplane crash survival--Fiction
Moral conditions--Fiction
Ethics--Fiction
Good and evil--Fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ4.G63 / Lo6 PR6013.O35 / L6 1959

Dewey Class. No.: F 823.9 / G619