Lord of the Flies

By: William Golding

Narrated by: William Golding

Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

Get ready for an adventure tale in its purest form, a thrilling and elegantly told account of a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island. Alone in a world of uncharted possibilities, devoid of adult supervision or rules, the boys begin to forge their own society, their own rules, their own rituals. With this seemingly romantic premise, and through the seemingly innocent acts of children, Golding exposes the duality of human nature itself: the dark, eternal divide between order and chaos, intellect and instinct, structure and savagery.

©1954 William Golding (P)2002 Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Lord of the Flies gives the reader a lucid and chillingly objective mirror to our modern society. William Golding's narration is as impartial as his work, yet his grumbly, grandfatherly voice, complete with mid-sentence sniffs and swallows, is intimate." (AudioFile)

"Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. I still read it every couple of years." (Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games trilogy)

"I finished the last half of Lord of the Flies in a single afternoon, my eyes wide, my heart pounding, not thinking, just inhaling.... My rule of thumb as a writer and reader - largely formed by Lord of the Flies - is feel it first, think about it later." (Stephen King)

"This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return [in a few weeks] to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality. Lord of the Flies does. It must also be superbly written. It is." (The New York Times Book Review)

Great!

It is a great insight of what children would do if there was no authority!

worst performance and story ever!!!1

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Not having the author read it and have some one you can actually understand read it

Has Lord of the Flies turned you off from other books in this genre?

Yes

How could the performance have been better?

Having someone you can actually understand read it

What character would you cut from Lord of the Flies?

all of them

Any additional comments?

No

I think author reading great.

My son had to read this book for school. I remember it vaguely from my own school days and so chose to listen at the same time. I really enjoyed the author reading his own words.

Classic read by the author

William Golding wrote one of the English speaking world’s modern literary classics.
Here he reads it, which, if I had any qualms about, would just be that it sometimes takes you out of it. But overall, it’s honestly kinda cool to hear the author of the work.

End of innocence

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Why should we obey the rules? Well, because if we don’t have law we are gone. These are wise words from the author.

There are a lot of interpretations of the story, pick yours.


Enjoy a classic! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

One of my favourites!

But the reading by the author was not very captivating. I found myself having to rewind often.

Enticing

Not a bad story, definitely keeps you interested and into the world. Written very well, the performance is also very good. Fun and strange premise for a story, but definitely a good read.

An Instructive Classic

An insightful commentary on how close civilized humanity is to being murderous savages, even when the intent to be civil is present.

Classic story but a very stale audio performance

I wish they had an actual voice actor so the narration instead of just the author.

A classic but mediocre delivery.

I skipped this book in high school so decided to circle back around. I really enjoyed the story but the performance was mediocre.