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Lord of the Flies Anniversary

William Golding on the surprising optimism of Lord of the Flies.

“Anything will break given sufficient strain.” Nobel Prize–winning author William Golding speaks about the optimism that may often go unnoticed in his novel Lord of the Flies for this Faber & Faber video celebrating the sixty-fifth anniversary of the book.

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William Golding
Lord of the Flies
Faber & Faber
1954
Nobel Prize

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