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Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

Unlock the more straightforward side of Lord of the Flies with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

This engaging summary presents an analysis of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, which is still read worldwide and is considered to be one of the greatest novels in the history of English literature. It tells the story of a group of children who are stranded on a desert island and their desperate attempts to maintain civilization and not give in to their primitive instincts of savagery and barbarism. His thought-provoking works earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 and Lord of the Flies has been adapted for stage and screen several times.

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