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Lord of the Flies was awarded a place on both lists of Modern Library 100 Best Novels, reaching number 41 on the editor's list and 25 on the reader's list. [24] In 2003, Lord of the Flies was listed at number 70 on the BBC's survey The Big Read, [25] and in 2005 it was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels since ...
The title Baal "Lord", is a Ugaritic and Cananitic term used in conjunction with a descriptive name of a specific god. Opinions differ on what the name means. In one understanding, Baʿal zəvuv is translated literally as "lord of (the) flies".
Pliny says that when a swarm of flies is causing disease (pestilentia), the Eleans invoke Myacoris, and once the god has approved and accepted the sacrifice, the flies die immediately. [ 8 ] The cult title can sometimes be found in older exegesis on Beelzebub understood as "Lord of the Flies."
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Lord of the Flies at IMDb; Lord of the Flies at the TCM Movie Database; Lord of the Flies at Rotten Tomatoes; Lord of the Flies: Trouble in Paradise an essay by Geoffrey Macnab at the Criterion Collection; Time flies: A BBC2 TV documentary (1996) about the making of the 1963 movie, with interviews of Peter Brook and of the actors.
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Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by William Golding. Lord of the Flies may also refer to: Beelzebub, a Philistine god or demon; Lord of the Flies, a British drama film based on the novel; Lord of the Flies, an American drama film based on the novel; Lord of the Flies, a 1998 album by Nosferatu
Lord of the Flies is a 1990 American survival crime drama film directed by Harry Hook and starring Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, and James Badge Dale. It was produced by Lewis M. Allen and written by Jay Presson Allen under the pseudonym "Sara Schiff", based on the 1954 book Lord of the Flies , by William Golding .