'Rubbish and dull. Pointless': How Lord of the Flies was rescued from the reject pile
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William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies was first published on 17 September 1954, and is now recognised as a classic.
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Original Title: TIL that William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” (1954) was almost never published. First submitted as “Strangers from Within,” it was rejected nine times and called “rubbish and dull,” until a young Faber & Faber editor persuaded the publishers to print it.

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    12 days ago

    Definitely don’t get the audiobook as read by Golding.

    I often use it to help me fall asleep.