William Golding





William Golding

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

died
June 19, 1993

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Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. He was also 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.

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


Average rating: 3.57 · 656,481 ratings · 11,034 reviews · 134 distinct works
Lord of the Flies
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 647,077 ratings — published 1954 — 228 editions
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The Inheritors
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 760 ratings — published 1955 — 26 editions
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Rites of Passage
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions
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Pincher Martin: The Two Dea...
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 1956 — 14 editions
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The Spire
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 1964 — 15 editions
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Darkness Visible: A Novel
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 326 ratings10 editions
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Free Fall
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 1959 — 9 editions
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The Paper Men
3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions
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The Pyramid
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
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The Double Tongue
3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions
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More books by William Golding…
Rites of Passage Close Quarters Fire Down Below
To the Ends of the Earth (3 books)
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“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.”
William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Sucks to your ass-mar!”
William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”
William Golding, Lord of the Flies

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