TY - BOOK AU - Golding,William AU - Epstein,Edmund L. TI - Lord of the flies: a novel AV - PZ4.G63 Lo5 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, NY PB - Penguin Group KW - Airplane crash survival KW - Fiction KW - Moral conditions KW - Ethics KW - Novel study KW - Textbook KW - Novel studies N2 - The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own nature. Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. ER -