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by: William Golding
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780374530914
ISBN: 0374530912
Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 784
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Sales Rank: 649537
Studio: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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To the Ends of the Earth, William Golding's great sea trilogy, presents the extraordinary story of a warship's troubled journey to Australia in the early 1800s. Told through the pages of Edmund Talbolt's journall--with equal measure of wit and disdain--it records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship. An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding's finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major three-part Mastpiece Theatre drama in 2006.
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Rating:  - Lord of the Flies - On the Open Sea
The psychological and social class undercurrents of life aboard a "Ship of the Line" at the end of the golden age of British domination of the seas is the core of this facinating trilogy. William Golding is the Nobel winning author who is best known for his first book, Lord of the Flies. His literary plunge into the depths of the age of sail during the Napoleonic wars has the same claustophobic tension of this earlier work. Told primarily in the first person, it is a voyage of self discovery ... Read More
Rating: - A great seafaring saga
This is a fabulous, detailed and completely engrossing tale of the sea - the ships, her men and the challenges they faced as they battled weather, currents, illness and all that time and chance threw at them.
This is written in a fairly old fashioned style, which requires some attention to the writing (this is not a quick and easy summer read), but for those who loved Hormblower and the other great sagas of the sea, this is a fabulous addition to your library.
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Rating: - Authentic
I was completely caught up in this saga of a sorry ship and its haughty, pretty much unlikable main character.
It's unusual to somehow care about a person who for most of the story is an unsympathetic snob, yet one who makes the reader root for his redemption. Would it ever happen? The book is long, but fascinating.
I guess it helped to have seen the TV version (a totally accurate rendition of the book) as I had visual images of all the characters.
Rating: - Excellent
This writer is excellent. A little difficult to read, due to "old fashioned" language used. A good insight to ocean travel in early days. Was an excellent "Masterpiece Theater" presentation on PBS! Reading the book just fills in the blanks.
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