The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves. Lord of the Flies, William Goldings tale of British schoolboys stranded on a deserted island, is nightmarish and brutal.Through its exploration of themes including good versus evil, illusion versus reality, and chaos versus order, Lord of the Flies raises powerful questions about the nature of humankind. Popular reading in schools, especially in the English-speaking world, a 2016 UK poll saw Lord of the Flies ranked third in the nation's favourite books from school. Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize -winning British author William Golding. Time also included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. In 2003 it was listed at number 70 on the BBC's The Big Read poll, and in 2005 Time magazine named it as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It was named in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list, and 25 on the reader's list.
His first book, Poems, was published in 1935. The novel has been generally well received. About the author (2003) William Golding was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University. Themes include the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves. Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding.
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