William Golding
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William Golding

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Born in Cornwall, England, William Golding started writing at the age of seven. Though he studied natural sciences at Oxford to please his parents, he also studied English and published his first book, a collection of poems, before finishing college. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion. Golding's other novels include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, The Free Fall, Pincher Martin, The Double Tongue, and Rites of Passage, which won the Booker Prize. Photo by See page for author [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons.
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 We need an assembly, not for cleverness, but for setting things straight.


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Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies

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Marking the debut of British author William Golding, Lord of the Flies tackles the grim realities of human nature through the eyes of young boys cast away on an uninhabited island. Published in 1954, this allegorical novel examines the catastrophic attempts of these boys to govern themselves with no adults in sight.

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