Features an excerpt from William Golding's watermark novel, "Lord of the Flies." Plus a biography and links.
Read a review of Golding's novel "The Paper Men" by a none-too-impressed Margaret Manning.
Find several wise quotations from this pessimist, master of English prose, and Nobel laureate.
Find a brief bio, and the day and month of his birth, of this British writer, with the names of the authors of several studies of his work.
Briefly describes Golding's posthumous novel, "The Double Tongue," a fictionalized memoir of the oracle at Delphi.
Provides links to discussions of various aspects of the novel, with a map of the island where the book's infamous boys are stranded.
Designed to help students stumped with the novel. Read a detailed plot summary and notes on the major symbols in the book.
Find a summary of the book, profiles of the characters, analyses of the major themes, and quotes from the novel.
Find a brief biography of William Golding, a small photo, and links of related interest.
Provides links to resources about this Nobel laureate and famed novelist. With a brief time-line covering his career, and a list of his books.
Offers, for high school students, a list of vocabulary words used in the novel "Lord of the Flies" and in which chapters they are used.