Lord of the Flies (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edition • Foreword by Lois Lowry • Introduction by Stephen King

William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity — now in a stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition.

As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, and even a vision of the apocalypse. But above all, it has earned its place as one of the indisputable classics of the twentieth century.

This Deluxe Edition includes:

• Foreword by Lois Lowry
• Introduction by Stephen King
• Essay by E. M. Forster
• Essay on teaching and reading the novel by scholar Jennifer Buehler
• Extended note by E. L. Epstein, publisher of the first American paperback edition

📖 Paperback | 336 pages