Classics · Literary
Lord of the Flies
A group of British schoolboys is stranded on an uninhabited island after a plane crash. Without adults, they try to organise themselves, and the effort turns into rivalry and fear.
- First published
- 1954
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like short, chilling parables about how fast order can fall apart.
Skip this if you want hope or tenderness; it is a bleak story about children hurting each other.
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