Lord of the Flies is a modern classic novel about a group of schoolboys stranded on an uninhabited island after a plane crash, where the first excitement of freedom gradually turns into a struggle over rules, fear and power. William Golding follows the boys as they try to build order with meetings, shelters and signals for rescue, while rumours of a “beast” and rival claims to leadership begin to expose darker impulses beneath their childhood games. First published in 1954, the novel works both as a survival story and as an unsettling allegory about civilization, violence, group behaviour and the fragile line between cooperation and chaos. It speaks to readers interested in literary classics, dystopian fiction, moral conflict and stories that ask what remains of social order when adults, law and familiar structures disappear.
Author: William Golding
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Publication year: 1997
Number of pages: 225