Lord of the Flies
/ˌlɔːd əv ðə ˈflaɪz/
/ˌlɔːrd əv ðə ˈflaɪz/
- a novel (1954) by William Golding. It tells the story of a group of boys left on an island after a plane crash. At first they attempt to live together in a peaceful way but later become cruel to each other and worship an invented god, the 'Lord of the Flies' (a pig's head covered in flies). In writing the book Golding used the names of some of the characters of an earlier, very different children's story, The Coral Island (1858) by R M Ballantyne.
蝇王：威廉·戈尔丁（William Golding）的小说（1954）。它讲述了一群飞机失事后留在岛上的男孩的故事。最初，他们试图以和平方式生活在一起，但后来彼此残酷并崇拜一个被发明的神，“苍蝇王”（被苍蝇遮住的猪头）。戈尔德（Golding）在写这本书时使用了一个较早的，非常不同的儿童故事中的角色的名字，即RM Ballantyne的《珊瑚岛》（1858年）。