Lord of the Flies

American  

noun

1. a novel (1954) by William Golding.

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Lord of the Flies British  

noun

1. a name for Beelzebub

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Lord of the Flies Cultural  

1. (1954) A dark, allegorical novel by the British writer William Golding about a group of boys stranded on a desert island. Despite their attempts to establish a civilized democratic society, the boys eventually revert to totalitarianism and primitive savagery. Golding won the 1983 Nobel Prize for literature.

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Etymology

Origin of Lord of the Flies

translation of Hebrew: see _Beelzebub

Example Sentences

Initially, “Lord of the Flies” is all childish adventure: swimming in a lagoon, climbing a mountain.

From The Wall Street Journal

The boys, then aged between five and 12, spent several months away from home shooting Lord of the Flies, which has been adapted for TV for the first time.

From BBC

All episodes of Lord of the Flies are available now on BBC iPlayer, and the series continues on Sunday at 21:00 on BBC One.

From BBC

Alfie Kiely from Caldicot, Monmouthshire, spent three months in Malaysia while shooting Lord of the Flies, playing one of the "Littluns".

From BBC

Lord of The Flies - written by Adolescence writer Jack Thorne - is the biggest role to date for Alfie, who has previously appeared in adverts and an episode of Casualty.

From BBC