Rites of Passage
Introduced by Annie Proulx, lose yourself in an epic naval journey in this Booker Prize-winning historical novel: the first in the acclaimed Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies. I grow a little crazy, I think, like all men at sea who li...
Fire Down Below
Introduced by Kate Mosse, lose yourself in an epic naval journey in the final novel in the Booker Prize-winning historical fiction Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies. I think there has been death in my hands. On the last stretch of its...
Lord of the Flies
The dystopian classic, introduced by Stephen King. When a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong? ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' 'The first book with hands - strong ones that reached out of th...
Lord of the Flies
The classic novel by William Golding With a new Introduction by Stephen King'To me Lord of the Flies has always represented what novels are for, what makes them indispensable.' -Stephen King Golding's classic, startling, and perennially bestselling portrait of human nature remains as provocative today as when it was first published. This beautiful new edition features French flaps and rough fronts, making it a must-have for fans of this seminal work. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behaviour collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them--the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories--and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible. Lord of the Flies remains as
Lord of the Flies
The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island.
Lord of the Flies
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 natures.
To the Ends of the Earth
A new one-volume edition of this classic sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia. Rites of Passage (Winner of the Booker Prize) 'The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and w...
Lord of the Flies: (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
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. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behaviour collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them--the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories--and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a
Det Nya Folket
Det kom folk, inte på andra sidan vattnet utan på den här sidan, långt borta. De kom uppe från grottan, klivande på klipporna. Han kunde höra dem tala, och deras tal kom honom att skratta. Ljudet lockade fram en bild av sammanslingrade figurer, tunna invecklade figurer, pratiga och dumma, inte som hökskriets långa båge utan hoptrasslat som tång på stranden efter en storm, grumligt som vatten.Sex vuxna och två barn är de sista som återstår av ett gammalt folk i förhistorisk tid - kanske de sista neandertalarna. De är milda varelser som lever en primitiv tillvaro i ett bergigt landskap, i stark gemenskap och utan vapen. I deras paradisiska värld uppträder plötsligt ett folk som är helt annorlunda. De är hårda och starka med ett väl utvecklat språk och god uppfinningsrikedom. En efter en dukar den gamla folkspillran under, medan det nya folket skapar en ny civilisation.Det nya folket är en fascinerande berättelse om människosläktets barndom, gestaltad med den mästerliga föreningen av "den realistiska berättarkonstens åskådlighet och mytens mångtydiga allmängiltighet" som gav William Golding nobelpriset i litteratur 1983.Med förord av Petter Karlsson
Lord of the Flies
William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a dystopian classic: 'exciting, relevant and thought-provoking' (Stephen King). When a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong?
Lord of the Flies
Golding's iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age. This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler. At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued.
Pincher Martin
Christopher Martin, the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, is stranded upon a rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Pitted against him are the sea, the sun, the night cold and the terror of his isolation. Through the long hours with only himsel...
Lord of the Flies
First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognised as a classic, one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern novels. In compiling the notes they have borne in mind the needs of younger readers not only in this country but overseas.
Pincher Martin
Weathering lightning strikes of memory, he must now reconstruct his fate - piece by terrible piece. 'Wizardry of the first order.' Observer'Terrifying .
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Herr der Fliegen
Close Quarters
Introduced by Helen Castor, lose yourself in an epic naval journey in the second novel in the Booker Prize-winning historical fiction Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies. This tropical nowhere was the whole world - the whole imaginable ...
Lord of the Flies
First published in 1954, William Golding's debut novel, now a classic, is a stark story of survival, probing the depths of human nature, and what happens when civilization collapses. As dystopian stories like The Hunger Games and Battle Royale sur...
Lord of the Flies
'Aimée de Jongh's stunning reimagining has a visceral impact all its own .' The Times 'Beautifully imagined ... so poignant and relevant.' CHRIS MOULD 'Just as compelling and evocative as Golding's world-shaking masterpiece.' Comics Review Before ...
Flugornas Herre
Efter ett flyghaveri kastas en grupp pojkar mellan sex och tolv år iland på en liten ö i Söderhavet. De stiftar lagar, fördelar sysslorna och väljer anförare. Deras tillvaro kan bli paradisisk med rik tillgång på god mat, sol och fullständig frihet från de vuxnas tvång. Men snart tar leken en annan vänding: skräcken kryper över pojkarna, rivaliteten växer mellan ledarna. Det som kunde varit ett spännande sommarlovsäventyr blir en furiös hetsjakt där fruktan och grymhet slår fram och vägen mot undergång ligger utstakad.Med förord av Gabriella Håkansson
The Inheritors
What the people do not know is that their day is already over ... 'Extraordinary ... Truly a masterpiece.' Monique Roffey'An earthquake in the petrified forests of the English novel.' Arthur Koestler'An astonishing, underrated novel.' Robert MacFa...
Lord of the Flies SparkNotes Literature Guide
When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs an...
Lord of the Flies
From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series launches with six perennial favorites to give as elegant gifts, or to showcase on your own shelves. G is for Golding. At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
Going off-hunting pigs-letting fires out-and now! A plane crashes on a desert island. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches, gorging fruit, seeking shelter, and ripping off their uniforms to swim in the lagoon. but it isn't long before their innocent games devolve into a murderous hunt .
Lord Of The Flies
Lord Of The Flies [Bok / Häftad]
Lord Of The Flies
William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a dystopian classic: 'exciting, relevant and thought-provoking' (Stephen King). When a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong?A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they discover fantastic wildlife and dazzling beaches, learning to survive; at night, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society, it isn't long before their innocent childhood games devolve into a savage, murderous hunt ...
Povelitel mukh. Nasledniki
'Povelitel mukh' - strannaja, strashnaja i udivitelnaja kniga. Filosofskaja pritcha o prirode zla. Istorija blagovospitannykh malchikov, vnezapno okazavshikhsja na neobitaemom ostrove. 'Nasledniki' - vtoroj i samyj ljubimyj, po priznaniju Goldinga, ego roman, v kotorom poluchili razvitie ego razmyshlenija o proiskhozhdenii zla, vpervye prozvuchavshie v 'Povelitele mukh'. Plejstotsen, 40000 let do nashej ery. Plemja neandertaltsev, kotorye lish nedavno nauchilis ispolzovat ogon i primitivnye instrumenty i tolko-tolko osvaivajut rech, stalkivajutsja s plemenem ljudej, stojaschikh na sledujuschej stupenke evoljutsii - ljudej, s porazitelno izoschrennym umom i udivitelnoj lovkostju... Sbornik samykh populjarnykh i vydajuschikhsja rabot Uiljama Goldinga, prinesshikh emu mirovuju izvestnost. V svojom debjutnom romane 'Povelitel mukh' Golding opisyvaet svoju versiju sobytij, v kotoroj junye malchiki popadajut na neobitaemyj ostrov, snabdiv ejo mnozhestvom otsylok k 'Korallovomu ostrovu'
Povelitel mukh
Strannaja, strashnaja i beskonechno pritjagatelnaja kniga. Istorija blagovospitannykh malchikov, vnezapno okazavshikhsja na neobitaemom ostrove. Filosofskaja pritcha o tom, chto mozhet proizojti s ljudmi, zabyvshimi o ljubvi i miloserdii. Grotesknaja antiutopija, roman-preduprezhdenie i, konechno, napominanie o khrupkosti mira, v kotorom zhivem my vse. Perevodchik: Surits Elena
William Golding: The Faber Letters
The remarkable literary collaboration between a Nobel Prizewinning novelist and his editor of more than forty years. Three people have been of major importance and influence in my life and you are one of them. There is a way in which I am as a writer at least partly your creation. -- William Golding to Charles Monteith In 1953, William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies was rescued from a 'slush pile' of unsolicited manuscripts by Charles Monteith, a new young editor at the publishing house Faber & Faber. It went on to sell over 25 million copies. Over the next forty years Monteith worked closely with Golding on every one of his novels. These letters tell the story of their remarkable collaboration. They chart Golding's transformation from unknown middle-aged schoolmaster to knighted Nobel Prizewinner, and they tell the story of a deep and mutually rewarding friendship, as 'Dear Monteith' and 'Dear Golding' become 'Dear Charles' and 'Dear Bill'. In this beautifully produced,
Lord of the Flies
The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel
For the 70th anniversary of William Golding's classic, the first graphic novel adaptation of Lord of the Flies The original tale of stranded youth devolving into disorder that inspired Yellowjackets and The Hunger Games, now a Penguin Classics Hardcover The well-known plot: A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches, gorging fruit, seeking shelter, and ripping off their uniforms to swim in the lagoon. At night, in the darkness of the jungle, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society, they must forge their own; but it isn't long before their innocent games devolve into a murderous hunt ... William Golding's Lord of the Flies was originally published in 1954 and has been a canonical text on school syllabi and a familiar literary reference within the public's consciousness. For the first time this unforgettable classic has been given new life with Aim e de Jongh's graphic style
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies