""A plane crashes on a desert island. the only survivors are a group of schoolboys. At first they revel in the freedom and celebrate the absence of grown-ups. Soon though, as the boys' fragile sens of order begins to collapse, their fears start to take on a sinister, rpimitive significance. Suddenly, the world of cricket, homework and adventure stories seems a long way away. The boys are faced with a more pressing reality - survival - and the appearance of a terrifying beast who haunts their dreams. Originally published in 1954, William Golding's Lord of the flies is one of the most disturbing and celebrated novels of modern times."
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"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."@en