With an introduction and notes by Ian Gregor and Mark Kinkead-WeekesWilliam Golding’s Lord of the Flies is now generally recognized as a modern classic and this edition is issued to answer the wide demand for its use in schools and its prescription by numerous examining boards.Professor Ian Gregor and Professor Mark Kinkead-Weekes provide an introduction and a series of notes on the text. In compiling these they have borne in mind the needs of young readers not only in this country but also overseas. The text of the novel itself is republished complete.