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Lord of the Flies
1954 novel by William Golding
This article is about the novel by William Golding. For screen adaptations, see Lord of the Flies (1963 film), Lord of the Flies (1990 film), and Lord of the Flies (TV series).
For other uses, see Lord of the Flies (disambiguation).
Lord of the Flies is the 1954 debut novel of British author William Golding.
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The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves. The novel's themes include morality, leadership, and the tension between civility and chaos.
Lord of the Flies was generally well received, and is a popularly assigned book in schools.
Background
Published in 1954, Lord of the Flies was Golding's first novel. Golding got the idea for the plot from The Coral Island, a children's adventure novel with a focus on Christianity and the supposed civilising influence of British colonialism.
Golding thought that the book was unre