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imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Lord of the Flies (Hardcover)
William Golding; Introduction by E.M. Forster; Adapted by E.M. Forster
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R613
Discovery Miles 6 130
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When "Lord of the Flies" appeared in 1954 it received unprecedented
reviews for a first novel. Critics used such phrases as
"beautifully writeen, tragic and provocative... vivid and
enthralling... this beautiful and desperate book... completely
convincing and often very frightening... its progress is
magnificient... like a fragment of nightmare... a dizzy climax of
terror... the terrible spell of this book..." E.M. Forster chose it
as the Outstanding Novel of the Year. "Time and Tide" touched upon
perhaps the most important facet of this book when it said, "It is
not only a first-rate adventure but a parable of our times, " and
articles on this and subsequent Golding novels have stressed these
twin aspects of Golding: a consummate control of the novel form,
and a superb all-encompassing vision of reality which communicates
itself with a power reminiscent of Conrad.
A widow travels to Tuscany where she falls in love with Italy and a
much younger Italian man. Her dead husband's family is angered and
sends her brother-in-law to stop the affair, but it is too late a
marriage has occurred. Lilia dies in childbirth and her English
relatives try to obtain custody of the infant.
This 1908 novel is about a young woman in the repressed society of
Edwardian England. The setting is both Italy and England. Two
cousins travel to Italy. Their hotel rooms have no view and they
change rooms with two other gentlemen. Sounds harmless, but at the
beginning to the 20 DEGREESth century this was unseemly. After
several plot twists the girls return to England with one of them
engaged to a proper Englishman, but the man she met in Italy shows
up. The story concludes with an elopement to
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