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Book #2: Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant

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Book #2: Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant

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Lady of the Shades, Zom-B, and The Saga of Larten Crepsley.

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Darren Shan was born on July 2, 1972. Shan wrote his first novel at the age of 17 as a side project. He would on to write more literature in the year 2000 with his book series Cirque Du Freak.

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Cirque Du Freak were bought by Universal, and the first movie (which combines elements from the first three books in the series) was released on October 23rd, 2009, starring newcomer Chris Massoglia as Darren Shan, along with a wide array of established stars such as Josh Hutcherson, John C Reilly, Salma Hayek, Willem Defoe and Ken Watanabe.

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- The novel addresses more of the freak shows line ups as well as their living conditions.
- Darren, the main character, struggle with becoming a vampire

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Book #3: One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich

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Book #3: One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich

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The Shining, The Mist, and Pet Semetary

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Book #1: Cirque Du Freak, A Living Nightmare

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Book #1: Cirque Du Freak, A Living Nightmare

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Free Fall, The Inheritors, and Pincher Martin.

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William Golding was born September 19, 1911. In 1935 he was teaching English and Philosophy and would later go on to join the Royal Navy in 1940. In 1954 he had his first novel published, Lord of The Flies.

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Quick Facts
"I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a storyteller.""...man produces evil as a bee produces honey.""I'd rather there wasn't an afterlife, really. I'd much rather not be me for thousands of years..."

Name

William Golding

Birth Date

September 19, 1911

Death Date

June 19, 1993

Education

Brasenose College, Oxford, Marlborough Grammar School

Place of Birth

St. Columb Minor, Newquay, Cornwall, England

Place of Death

Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England

AKA

William Golding

Full Name

Sir William Gerald Golding

British novelist William Golding wrote the critically acclaimed classic 'Lord of the Flies,' and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

Who Was William Golding?

William Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury in 1935. He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy. In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.

Early Life

William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard. His mother, Mildred, was an active suffragette who fought for women's right to vote. His father, Alex, worked as a schoolmaster.

William received his early education at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School. When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers. Later in life, William would describe his childhood self as a brat, even going so far as to say, "I enjoyed hurting people."

After primary school, William went on to attend Brasenose College at Oxford University. His father hoped he would become a scientist, but William opted to study English literature instead. In 1934, a year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems. The collection was largely overlooked by critics.

Teaching

After college, Golding worked in settlement houses and the theater for a time. Eventually, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps. In 1935 Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. Golding's experience teaching unruly young boys would later serve as inspiration for his novel Lord of the Flies.

Although passionate about teaching from day one, in 1940 Golding temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II.

'Lord of the Flies'

In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. The novel told the gripping story of a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck. Lord of the Flies explored the savage side of human nature as the boys, let loose from the constraints of society, brutally turned against one another in the face of an imagined enemy. Riddled with symbolism, the book set the tone for Golding's future work, in which he continued to examine man's internal struggle between good and evil. Since its publication, the novel has been widely regarded as a classic, worthy of in-depth analysis and discussion in classrooms around the world.

In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel. Two decades later, at the age of 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1988 he was knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth II.

In 1990 a new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers.

Death and Legacy

Golding spent the last few years of his life quietly living with his wife, Ann Brookfield, at their house near Falmouth, Cornwall, where he continued to toil at his writing. The couple had married in 1939 and had two children, David (b. 1940) and Judith (b. 1945).

On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After Golding died, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously.

Among the most successful novels of Golding's writing career were Rites of Passage (winner of the 1980 Booker McConnell Prize), Pincher Martin, Free Fall and The Pyramid. While Golding was mainly a novelist, his body of work also includes poetry, plays, essays and short stories.

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"I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a storyteller." "...man produces evil as a bee produces honey." "I'd rather there wasn't an afterlife, really. I'd much rather not be me for thousands of years..." Name William Golding Birth Date September 19, 1911 Death Date June 19, 1993 Education Brasenose College, Oxford, Marlborough Grammar School Place of Birth St.

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The Gulag Archipelago, The Red Wheel, and Warning to The West.

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Darren Shan was born on July 2, 1972. Shan wrote his first novel at the age of 17 as a side project. He would on to write more  literature in the year 2000 with his book series Cirque Du Freak.

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Cirque Du Freak were bought by Universal, and the first movie (which combines elements from the first three books in the series) was released on October 23rd, 2009, starring newcomer Chris Massoglia as Darren Shan, along with a wide array of established stars such as Josh Hutcherson, John C Reilly, Salma Hayek, Willem Defoe and Ken Watanabe.

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The City Trilogy, Demonata, and Koyasan.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn was born December 11, 1918. He attended the university of Rostov-na-Donu and taught mathematics in his later years. He was exiled twice from Russia due to his controversial writing.

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Learn more about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Russian novelist and historian who was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature, at Biography.com.

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Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947. He would go on to work as a teacher as well as establish himself as a writer. The first novel King got published was the horror novel Carrie

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Stephen King is a 'New York Times'-bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like 'Carrie,' 'The Shining' and 'IT.' Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV.

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- The story takes place in a Stalin Labor camp.
- The events in this story are very true to what happens in your typical labor camp.

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- This book has been censored in the past.
- Golding was not impressed with how this novel turned out.

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- Novel was published in 1982.
- There were not many restrictions with what kids could do at this time.

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- This book is the first of a very large series of books.
- The novel has been made into a motion picture.

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Vlog: One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich

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Vlog: One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich

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Vlog: Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant

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Vlog: Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant