{"product_id":"lord-of-the-flies-the-graphic-novel-hardcover","title":"Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAimée de Jongh\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by), \u003cb\u003eAimée de Jongh\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the 70th anniversary of William Golding's classic, the first graphic novel adaptation of \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe original tale of stranded youth devolving into disorder that inspired \u003ci\u003eYellowjackets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e, now a Penguin Classics Hardcover \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe well-known plot: A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches, gorging fruit, seeking shelter, and ripping off their uniforms to swim in the lagoon. At night, in the darkness of the jungle, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society, they must forge their own; but it isn't long before their innocent games devolve into a murderous hunt ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Golding's \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published in 1954 and has been a canonical text on school syllabi and a familiar literary reference within the public's consciousness. For the first time this unforgettable classic has been given new life with Aimée de Jongh's graphic style and gorgeous color adaptation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding (1911 - 1993)\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cornwall and educated at Marlborough Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford. Before becoming a writer, he was an actor, small-boat sailor, musician and schoolteacher. In 1940 he joined the Royal Navy and took part in the D-Day operation and liberation of Holland. \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, was rejected by several publishers but rescued from the \"reject pile\" at Faber and published in 1954. It became a modern classic selling millions of copies, translated into 44 languages and made into a film by Peter Brook in 1963. Golding wrote eleven other novels, a play and two essay collections. He won the Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eRites of Passage\u003c\/i\u003e in 1980 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. He was knighted in 1988 and died in 1993. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAimée de Jongh\u003c\/b\u003e is an Eisner-nominated comic author and animator from the Netherlands. At the age of 22, Aimée's career in comics took off with the popular daily series \u003ci\u003eSnippers \u003c\/i\u003efor the Dutch newspaper Metro. At 25, she then published her first graphic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Honey Buzzard\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Prix Saint-Michel and was adapted to a live-action film. Her international breakthrough came when \u003ci\u003eBlossoms in Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e was released, a graphic novel about elderly love, written by Belgian comic author Zidrou. In 2019, Aimée published her autobiographical comic \u003ci\u003eTAXI!\u003c\/i\u003e, about four intriguing taxi rides she made. Aimée's most well known graphic novel is the award winning and Eisner nominated \u003ci\u003eDays of Sand (Jours de Sable)\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.2 x 7.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46954588930223,"sku":"9780143138877","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/3204\/7535\/files\/npWTpRAvrF9780143138877.webp?v=1779470892","url":"https:\/\/literarylilith.com\/products\/lord-of-the-flies-the-graphic-novel-hardcover","provider":"Literary LiLith","version":"1.0","type":"link"}