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Lord of the Flies

By: William Golding
Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
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Newly remastered with additional sound design to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Lord of the Flies.

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.

First Published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics

'The first book with hands - strong ones that reached out of the pages and seized me by the throat. It said to me, 'This is not just entertainment; it's life or death.' ... I've been thinking about it ever since, for fifty years and more.' Stephen King

'One of my favorite books - I read it every couple of years.' Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games

'A post-apocalyptic, dystopian survivor-fantasy ... [A novel] for all time ... A cult classic.' Guardian

©1954 William Golding (P)2012 Faber Audio Classics Coming of Age Genre Fiction
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Read it in my childhood as a English literature book in school, loved it then and loved it now.
shows us how easy for us humans to become savages even more so for a group of young boys without supervision.

A classic book

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I loved reading this at school years ago and even now I find the same enjoyment in this book. The narration is very good also.

Seamless classic

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I absolutely loved this story and the narration was perfect. I found it very hard to read due to the terror of the situation however; it took me many a month to complete as I had to keep putting it down to digest what was happening. A must read for anyone who loves to consume books.

Sensational reading

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I think the story would have been better if the boys started to eat each other.

GOOD LOVE IT SO EMERSED

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Read this when I was a kid. It was good to read it again.

The narration reminded me of old radio broadcasts.
Still a great listen.

Old memories

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classic novel azan current insight into what would probably happen if you did this.

a stark dark classic

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My essay was about the loss of innocence among the boys. Through imagery, symbolism and characterisation. Your welcome

2nd Best book for School Assignment

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The book somehow gives me an indescribable heavy feeling towards the human nature of mankind.

Disturbing tragedy

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This was a great audiobook. Loved the narration and the story. Very adventurous and I loved getting to know the various characters. I can see myself revisiting this book

Never a dull moment

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Great book, but I kept getting hung up on the narrators pronounciation of asthma. Silly thing, but I found it quite imersion breaking. Apart from that it was a thoroughly enjoyable reading of this classic book.

AsthmARGH!

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