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William Golding
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... show more

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.
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Birth date: September 19, 1911
Died: June 19, 1993
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William Golding's Books
Lord of the Flies - William Golding The Inheritors - William Golding Pincher Martin: The Two Deaths of Christopher Martin - William Golding Free Fall - William Golding To The Ends Of The Earth - William Golding Darkness Visible - William Golding Scorpion God - William Golding, Pincher Martin The Paper Men - William Golding The Art of the Critic: Late Renaissance ... The Art of the Critic: Late Renaissance - William Golding, Harold Bloom The Art of the Critic: Early Romantics -... The Art of the Critic: Early Romantics - William Golding, Harold Bloom Pyramid - Pincher Martin, William Golding The Art of the Critic: The Enlightenment... The Art of the Critic: The Enlightenment - William Golding, Harold Bloom Rites of Passage - William Golding An Egyptian Journal - William Golding The Double Tongue - William Golding, Meg... The Double Tongue - William Golding, Meg Rosoff Fire Down Below - William Golding Three Novels - William Golding The Art of the Literary Critic: Middle 2... The Art of the Literary Critic: Middle 20th Century (Library of Literary Criticism) - William Golding, Harold Bloom Lord of the Flies (SparkNotes Literature Guides) - SparkNotes Editors, William Golding The Art of the Critic: Later Nineteenth ... The Art of the Critic: Later Nineteenth Century - William Golding, Harold Bloom
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Portable Magic
Portable Magic rated it 5 years ago
text Lord of the Flies ★★★★★
I first read this book as a teenager, and in some ways it was more terrifying than all the Stephen King books I was busily gobbling up at the time. It might have been the first book I read that illustrated, in a way that felt viscerally true, how easily the veneer of civilization can break down. ...
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Bücher unter dem Mond
Bücher unter dem Mond rated it 7 years ago
text Lord Of The Flies
This book was so damn thrilling, the chracters very nicely build and each having a nice and well developed personality. I was immersed in this book for 3 days and i absolutely loved the thrilling story...but...THIS END SUUUUCKS! I dont believe it was so simple omg no comment....=_='
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Burfobookalicious
Burfobookalicious rated it 8 years ago
text Boys will be boys...
It might be regarded as a classic book, but "Lord of the Flies" is not what I would describe as an easy read. Confronting the reader, as William Golding does, with a rather bleak and brutal portrayal of youth unfettered by the boundaries of social norms. Indeed, this novel suggests we may remain a v...
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Dang Rover: Cover to Cover
Dang Rover: Cover to Cover rated it 8 years ago
text #LordoftheFlies: Tell Piggy to watch out for the rock!
Team reading this one with my 12-year-old. He doesn't love it, and I don't blame him, really. The language and tendency to use a bunch of words with out saying anything is kind of grating. According to my pre-teen: "This author just says 'and' over and over. And this and this and that and that." B...
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lysdexic
lysdexic rated it 9 years ago
text Lord of the Flies
An utterly chilling take on the dark(er) side of playground squabbles. I'm usually loath to describe any book as having any impact on my outlook, as I mainly read books for pleasure, not for life lessons. But LotF is an exception. The slow, sickening reveal of the bottomless pit that is human behavi...
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