{"product_id":"lord-of-the-flies-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"Lord of the Flies: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLois Lowry\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to Penguin Classics in a stunning Graphic Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies \u003c\/i\u003econtinues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William 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 for readers of any age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edition features an array of special features to supplement the novel, including a foreword by Lois Lowry, an introduction by Stephen King, an essay by E. M. Forster, an essay on teaching and reading the novel and suggestions for further exploration by scholar Jennifer Buehler, and an extended note by E. L. Epstein, the publisher of the first American paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University. His first book, \u003ci\u003ePoems\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy during World War II, Golding wrote \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e while teaching school. It was the first of several works, including the novels \u003ci\u003ePincher Martin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFree Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritors\u003c\/i\u003e and a play, \u003ci\u003eThe Brass Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLois Lowry \u003c\/b\u003eis the two-time Newbery Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNumber the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Giver Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other books for young adults. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and the 2015 National Medal of Arts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJennifer Buehler\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of educational studies at Saint Louis University and President of The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eE. M. Forster \u003c\/b\u003ewas an English writer best remembered for novels including \u003ci\u003ePassage to India\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHowards End\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eE. L. 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