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To the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of nautical novels—Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)—by British author William Golding.Set on a former British man-of-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century, the novels explore themes of class and man's reversion to savagery when isolated, in this case, the closed society of the ship's ...
In 1980, Golding published Rites of Passage, the first of his novels about a voyage to Australia in the early nineteenth century. The novel won the Booker Prize in 1980 and Golding followed this success with Close Quarters (1987) and Fire Down Below (1989) to complete his 'sea trilogy', later published as one volume entitled To the Ends of the ...
Rite of Passage, a 1968 novel by Alexei Panshin; Rite of Passage, a 1956 short fiction by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore; Rite of Passage, a 1994 posthumously published novel by Richard Wright; Rites of Passage, a 1980 novel by William Golding and first part of the trilogy To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earth is a three-part BBC television miniseries adaptation of the trilogy of novels of the same name by William Golding.It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in July 2005, and in the United States on PBS as part of Masterpiece Theatre in October 2006.
Pages in category "Novels by William Golding" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Rites of Passage (novel) S. The Spire; T.
William Golding's works are regarded as parables of the human condition. His first novel The Lord of the Flies was published in 1954. Other notable works include The Inheritors (1955), Pincher Martin (1956), Free Fall (1959), The Spire (1964), Darkness Visible (1979) and Rites of Passage (1980).
William Golding: Rites of Passage: Faber & Faber David Daiches (chair) Ronald Blythe; Margaret Forster; Claire Tomalin; Brian Wenham; Shortlist Anthony Burgess: Earthly Powers: Hutchinson J. L. Carr: A Month in the Country: Harvester Anita Desai: Clear Light of Day: Heinemann Alice Munro: The Beggar Maid: Viking: Julia O'Faolain: No Country for ...
His was one of two books considered likely to win, the other being Rites of Passage by William Golding. The judges decided only 30 minutes before the ceremony, giving the prize to Golding. Both novels had been seen as favourites to win leading up to the prize, and the dramatic "literary battle" between two senior writers made front-page news ...