A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued.
As the boys\' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.
First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics..
By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast.
A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued