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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
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September 18, 2016
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October 18, 2016
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Laura
Oct 23, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, nobel-prize, read-2013, british-literature, audio-books
From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
William Golding's classic story about a group of boys plane-wrecked on a deserted island. New dramatisation by Judith Adams, with Ruth Wilson narrating.

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Barb
Nov 29, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction, classic, library-audio
I'm trying to read a classic once a month, and I have to say Lord of the Flies is so different than I thought it would be. Very interesting!! ...more
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Mary Paul
Mar 31, 2013 rated it it was ok
High on my list of "books I hate most" ...more
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Karigan
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