Lord of the Flies

From The Publisher:
                    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.
 

Helpful sites and study aids:
 

This site was developed by a high school class as an online project.  It offers some good study material for the novel.
 

This is a study guide for the novel.
 

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