William Golding
Born
in Newquay, Cornwall, England, The United Kingdom
September 19, 1911
Died
June 19, 1993
Website
Genre
Influences
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Lord of the Flies
429 editions
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1954
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The Inheritors
138 editions
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published
1955
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Rites of Passage (To the Ends of the Earth, #1)
86 editions
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published
1980
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The Spire
116 editions
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published
1964
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Pincher Martin
91 editions
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published
1956
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Darkness Visible
66 editions
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published
1979
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Free Fall
102 editions
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published
1959
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The Double Tongue
47 editions
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published
1995
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The Pyramid
57 editions
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published
1967
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The Paper Men
54 editions
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1984
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“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.”
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Polls
If you could bring any deceased author back from the dead to write some more books, who would it be? (Fill in your answers below).
JRR Tolkein
Jrr Tolkien
Jrr Tolkien
All those and Frank Herbert, H. G. Wells, Maya Angelou, Louisa May Alcott, Ann Radcliffe, Daphne du Maurier, Anne McCaffney, Octavia E. Butler, Madeleine L’Engle, P. D. James, Shirley Jackson, Ann Radcliffe, and so many more.
(write-in)
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë
F Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
George Orwell
George Orwell
George Orwell
Agatha Christie
(write-in)
Raymond Chandler
(write-in)
Maya Angelou
(write-in)
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Frank Yerby
(write-in)
Daphne Du Maurier
(write-in)
Isaac Asimov
Edgar Allan Poe
(write-in)
Alexandre Dumas
Ray Bradbury
(write-in)
Jovan Autonomaševič
(write-in)
Emily Bronte
Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
William Golding
William Golding
William Golding
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess
Harper Lee
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