William Golding
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born
September 19, 1911
died
June 19, 1993
gender
male
place of birth
Newquay, Cornwall, England, The United Kingdom
about this author
Awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today."
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Lord of the Flies (Paperback) by William Golding avg rating 3.60 — 87523 ratings — published 1954 121 editions |
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The Inheritors (Paperback) by William Golding avg rating 3.57 — 187 ratings — published 1963 12 editions |
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Darkness Visible (Paperback) by William Golding avg rating 3.71 — 129 ratings — published 1999 8 editions |
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Pincher Martin: The Two Deaths of Christopher Martin (Paperback) by William Golding avg rating 3.68 — 92 ratings — published 2002 8 editions |
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The Spire (York Notes Advanced) by William Golding avg rating 3.52 — 96 ratings — published 1964 8 editions |
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Rites of Passage (Faber Fiction Classics) by William Golding avg rating 3.78 — 129 ratings — published 2001 11 editions |
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Free Fall (Paperback) by William Golding avg rating 3.84 — 75 ratings — published 2003 8 editions |
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The Paper Men (Paperback) by William Golding avg rating 3.25 — 39 ratings — published 1999 9 editions |
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Fire Down Below (Paperback) by William Golding avg rating 4.14 — 22 ratings — published 2000 5 editions |
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The Pyramid (Paperback) by William Golding avg rating 3.56 — 26 ratings — published 1997 3 editions |
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quotes by William Golding
"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything."
— William Golding (Lord of the Flies)
— William Golding (Lord of the Flies)
"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything."
— William Golding (Lord of the Flies)
— William Golding (Lord of the Flies)
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