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Lord of the Flies
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
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William Golding's classic novel of primitive savagery and survival is one of the most vividly realized and riveting works in modern fiction. The tale begins after a plane wreck deposits a group of English school boys, aged six to twelve on an isolated tropical island. Their struggle to survive and impose order quickly evolves from a battle against nature into a battle against their own primitive instincts. Golding's portrayal of the collapse of social order into chaos draws the fine line between innocence and savagery.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We're the real Lord of the flies, we're the evidence of the evil humanity can reach
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I was happy to find this, having read it 40 years ago at school. Golding appears to be a bit put out at having to get narrate his own book, but by chapter 2 he sounds like he is having fun. The quality of the recording reflects the techniques when it was made, but all in all, it was a great listen.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Piggy starts crying as his Glasses r taken away by Jack!!!!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Exactly how people would react..
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very accurate description of society falling and adolescents realizing as individuals and as one the terribleness existing in man that shows just how very necessary that law is. Why must we have "rules" or law as one character (the archenemy) says and the reasonable character days "cause that's all we've got." Shows slow slow into anarchy. Made me cry for the last boy amongst the savages the other boys became without the law or rules of man's civilization.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Disappointing. Perhaps I should've experienced this book in print a long time ago rather than listening. The author sounds incredibly bored narrating his book and I struggled to keep paying attention. The story would definitely benefit from a new recording.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lord of the Flies is a long time favourite of mine, but this was my first time reading Pincher Martin and Rites of Passage. Both were deeply disturbing portrayals of human beings pushed to the edge of tolerance - in once case physical, and in the other, social.Both novels were beautifully written, and the ideas and images will stay with me - I suspect a rereading would be rewarding.