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William Gerald Golding grew up quietly in a politically liberal household. Both his father -- a science teacher and atheist -- and his mother were amateur musicians.
William Golding, the man, has been the subject of none. This was how he wanted it. During his lifetime (1911-93), Golding stayed resolutely private and in public clad himself within the harsh ...
William Golding was unimpressed with how Lord of the Flies turned out. Dutch National Archives , The Hague, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 Bestanddeelnummer, CC BY ...
Author William Golding said: "I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men. They are far superior and always have been. Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater.
So You Haven't Read Lord of the Flies by William Golding? This psychological fiction takes a group of boys and tosses them onto a deserted island, leaving them to fend for themselves and fight off ...
William Golding's 1954 novel "Lord of the Flies" has been adapted into movies and stage plays, including this production at the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park in London.
A biography of William Golding, whose first novel — “Lord of the Flies” — began as a blessing to its 42-year-old author, but came to seem like a curse overshadowing his other work.
It marks author William Golding's failure to move beyond a fundamentally eurocentric and colonialist view of the world. But ultimately, the book's message is that "savagery" is universal.
Sir William Gerald Golding (1911–1993) was a Nobel Prize-winning writer best known for his 1954 novel Lord of the Flies, about a group of British schoolboys who become marooned on an isolated ...
William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, tried to rape a 15-year-old girl when he was an Oxford University undergraduate, he wrote in a recently-uncovered memoir.