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Lord of the Flies: Deluxe Anniversary Edition

A stunning new hardback edition of Lord of the Flies is published this week, celebrating the 70th anniversary of this beloved novel. This luxurious book features a new contemporary cover, with Piggy's iconic glasses taking centre stage. Stephen King's fascinating introduction is reproduced here too, and there's a real delight for the reader when opening the book.

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Awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, the coveted Booker Prize in 1980, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1979, William Golding’s writing continues to touch every country in the world and is today read in more than 35 languages. He was knighted by the Queen in 1988, and his ‘you-must-have-read-this’ classic novel Lord of the Flies is a global phenomenon.

In addition to 12 novels, Golding also wrote plays, many essays and reviews, several short stories, some poems, and a travel book about Egypt. Many of his attempts at other works survive in manuscript or typescript.

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William Golding

(1911-1993)

Who Was William Golding?

William Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury in 1935. He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy. In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.

Early Life

William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard. His mother, Mildred, was an active suffragette who fought for women’s right to vote. His father, Alex, worked as a schoolmaster.

William received his early education at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School. When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers. Later in life, William would describe his childhood self as a brat, even going so far as to say, “I enjoyed hurting people.”

After primary school, William went on to attend Bras

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Biography of William Golding, British Novelist

William Golding was a writer best known for his debut novel, Lord of the Flies, which explored themes concerning the battle between good and evil and humanity’s hidden savagery; he would continue to explore these themes in his writing and his personal life for the next five decades.

Golding’s obsession with man’s dark side wasn’t just literary pretension. An intensely private man while alive, after his death his autobiography and personal papers revealed a man who struggled with his own dark impulses and who used his writing to explore and understand them. In some ways, Golding was cursed by early success—despite writing 12 more novels and winning both a Nobel Prize and a Man Booker Award, Golding is often remembered solely for his first novel, the story of children stranded on a deserted island during wartime who descend into brutish superstition and horrifying violence. This was particularly galling for Golding, who came to regard his debut as a substandard work despite the enduring critical praise the book enjoys.