Lord of the Flies：penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

WilliamGolding'sunforgettableclassicofboyhoodadventureandthesavageryofhumanitycomestoPenguinClassicsinastunningGraphicDeluxeEditionwithanewforewordbyLoisLowryAsprovocativetodayaswhenitwasfirstpublishedin1954,LordoftheFliescontinuestoignitepassionatedebatewithitsstartling,brutalportraitofhumannature.WilliamGolding'scompellingstoryaboutagroupofveryordinaryboysmaroonedonacoralislandhasbeenlabeledaparable,anallegory,amyth,amoralitytale,aparody,apoliticaltreatise,andevenavisionoftheapocalypse.Butaboveall,ithasearneditsplaceasoneoftheindisputableclassicsofthetwentiethcenturyforreadersofanyage.ThisPenguinClassicsGraphicDeluxeEditionfeaturesanarrayofspecialfeaturestosupplementthenovel,includingaforewordbyLoisLowry,anintroductionbyStephenKing,anessaybyE.M.Forster,anessayonteachingandreadingthenovelandsuggestionsforfurtherexplorationbyscholarJenniferBuehler,andanextendednotebyE.L.Epstein,thepublisherofthefirstAmericanpaperbackeditionofLordoftheFlies.Formorethanseventyyears,PenguinhasbeentheleadingpublisherofclassicliteratureintheEnglish-speakingworld.Withmorethan1,700titles,PenguinClassicsrepresentsaglobalbookshelfofthebestworksthroughouthistoryandacrossgenresanddisciplines.Readerstrusttheseriestoprovideauthoritativetextsenhancedbyintroductionsandnotesbydistinguishedscholarsandcontemporaryauthors,aswellasup-to-datetranslationsbyaward-winningtranslators.