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My second new book of 2015- study guide to Golding's "Lord of the Flies"

aeschylusaeschylus
edited January 2015 in Writing
I'm pleased to say my latest study guide- on Golding's "Lord of the Flies"- has gone live today on Amazon.

The last one- "An Inspector Calls"- has made a pleasing start, and the now 4-month old "Of Mice and Men" has a very pleasing set of reviews- including the latest one yesterday, which I found particularly gratifying to read.

Again, if any of you has a child doing "Lord of the Flies" for GCSE, let me know and I'll get a free copy sent to you in the hope that someone will review it in due course!

Comments

  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    I read it at school, but that was before GCSEs!
  • ClaudiaClaudia
    Well done, Aeschylus. Lord of the Flies is an amazing book - it must have been quite something to write a study guide for it.
  • CarolCarol
    Well done. :)
  • NefertariNefertari
    Congratulations! I hope it is very successful for you.
  • Tristram_ShandyTristram_Shandy
    I'm reading it for the first time, myself. I hope your book is very helpful to the students.

    Of Mice and Men -- that's the only contemporary novel I remember reading for GCSE English. The rest was Shakespeare, I'm sure.
  • Tiny NellTiny Nell
    Congratulations, aeschylus. Another string to your bow! I studied that book.
  • sallyjsallyj
    I did Lord of the Flies at school too - many decades ago!
    Piggy & his broken glasses particularly stick in my mind.
    Good Luck with the book!
  • LizLiz
    Me, too. Hated the darn thing, esp. The bit about Piggy (out of a class of 30, I was the only one with glasses). But the underlying feeling that men were savages at heart and civilisation was only tethering us to civility by the finest of threads made me feel sick.
  • aeschylusaeschylus
    In my experience it does not appeal to female readers!
  • heatherheather
    I loved it!
  • Lou TreleavenLou Treleaven
    I loved it too. As I child I tried writing a sequel to it but I was a bit young to do it justice and only wrote 2 chapters! It was called A Fly on the Wall and consisted of Jack driven insane by his memories while his wife has an affair!!!
  • Island GirlIsland Girl
    I've never read the book but watched a little bit of the film. I couldn't stomach the whole thing so had to leave the room. I can't watch anything like that. My son recently tried to get me to watch 'This is England' but I couldn't make it through. Not sure how I would ever have coped if I'd had to read Lord of the Flies for school study.
    Well done, Ae, on your continuing successes. Really 'chuffed' for you.
  • ClaudiaClaudia
    It's interesting that you say it doesn't generally appeal to female readers, Aeschylus. My first attempt to read it as a teenager failed, but my second attempt as an adult succeeded... on so many levels.
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    I read it at school and loved it.
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