Just wanted to say that I only read Lord of the Flies because we did it at school. I hated it. I read Lord Jim after seeing the film at the age of about 12, but decided that it was one of those rare instances where the film is better than the book. *g*
It's funny. It's one of those books that almost everybody has to read at school, on both sides of the Atlantic, which is quite rare. Usually, if I ask, I find that it's the only Golding that a person has read which is rather a shame as it's atypical and, IMO, by no means his best work. The main result of forcing kids to read it seems to be to put them off Golding for life.
Wasn't on our list - or anyone's list, I don't think - in Ireland. But if memory serves, we were stuck with Shakespeare, Dickens and Emily Bronte for non-Irish non-poetry works. Actually, other than King Lear, The Plough and The Stars and some bits and bobs by Donne and Yeats, I have managed to completely forget what I did for the Leaving Cert!
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Date: 2007-07-01 05:09 pm (UTC)You and everybody else I suspect
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Date: 2007-07-02 11:59 am (UTC)no, I LIKE lord of the flies
Date: 2007-07-02 10:02 am (UTC)I couldn't be more pleased animal farm beats it out.
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