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Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1954
Pages
Pages 205

Schoolboys marooned on an island without adults vote up rules, drift into rival tribes, and hunt each other; the rescue arrives to find children who have discovered what they are.

Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.
Lord of the Flies, William Golding

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