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William Golding

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born
in St. Columb Minor, England, The United Kingdom
September 19, 1911

died
June 19, 1993

gender
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Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his 1954 novel Lord of the Flies. He was awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage, the first book of the trilogy To the Ends of the Earth. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 and was knighted by the Queen of England in 1988.

In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".


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Average rating: 3.59 · 914,574 ratings · 14,277 reviews · 25 distinct works · Similar authors
Lord of the Flies
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 909,147 ratings — published 1954 — 116 editions
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Rites of Passage (To the En...
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 1,124 ratings — published 1980 — 21 editions
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The Inheritors
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 1,215 ratings — published 1955 — 28 editions
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Pincher Martin: The Two Dea...
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 623 ratings — published 1956 — 15 editions
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Darkness Visible
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 1979 — 14 editions
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Free Fall
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 1959 — 18 editions
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The Paper Men
3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1984 — 14 editions
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The Pyramid
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 1967 — 13 editions
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The Double Tongue
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions
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The Spire
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1964 — 22 editions
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Series by William Golding

Rites of Passage Close Quarters Fire Down Below
To the Ends of the Earth (3 books)
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Quotes by William Golding

“My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.”
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“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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“The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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