Amid the uproar over the all-woman remake of William Golding’s 1954 classic, some are claiming women just aren’t evil enough to devolve into such savagery. That’s ridiculous.

The novel Lord of the Flies attempts to interpret man, sin, and God. It succeeds. The movie Lord of the Flies presents only a few levels of Golding's interpretation. But what it does, it does well ...

The scene, of course, is from William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,” surely the feel-good novel of 1954. I’ve been thinking of that story — and other tales of castaways — for a while now.

Why 'Lord of the Flies' Speaks Directly to the Turbulent World of 2016 Published Dec 08, 2016 at 12:45 PM EST Updated Dec 13, 2016 at 1:16 PM EST Holiday decorations in the library of the White ...

Why Lord of the Flies is the perfect Christmas gift for 2016. The famous story of a group of schoolboys trapped on an island is more than a little reminiscent of the real world right now.

The scene, of course, is from William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,” surely the feel-good novel of 1954. I’ve been thinking of that story — and other tales of castaways — for a while now.

60 years and a handful of days ago, on 17 September 1954, William Golding published his little moral novel, Lord of the Flies. That was roughly 15 years after the author had enlisted in the Royal ...