Rites of Passage

William Golding • ISBN-13 978‑0374526405

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Rites of Passage

William Golding

ISBN-10: 0374526400 · ISBN-13: 978‑0374526405 · 1999 · Trade Paperback

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Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this novel unfolds through the journals of Edmund Talbot as he travels to Australia aboard a decaying ship of the line. The narrative meticulously documents the rigid social hierarchies and moral disintegration occurring within the vessel's confined quarters. Golding explores the complexities of human nature and the fragility of societal norms through a series of intense interpersonal conflicts and a tragic maritime mystery.

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Trade Paperback1999

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Author: William Golding

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Inferred: Classic LiteratureInferred: Napoleonic WarsInferred: Post-War British LiteratureInferred: Psychological DramaInferred: Social HierarchyInferred: Journal FormatInferred: British Literature

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Award: Booker Prize (1980)Influences: Herman Melville, Joseph ConradCornerstone of: Modernism

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