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Lord of the Flies

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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

©1954 William Golding (P)2012 Faber Audio
Classics Coming of Age

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A classic book

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.

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Seamless classic

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.

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Sensational reading

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.

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GOOD LOVE IT SO EMERSED

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

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Old memories

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.

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a stark dark classic

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

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2nd Best book for School Assignment

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

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Disturbing tragedy

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

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Never a dull moment

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

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AsthmARGH!

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.

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