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Rites of Passage

(1980)
(The first book in the To the Ends of the Earth series)
A novel by William Golding

In the cabin of an ancient, stinking warship bound for Australia, a man writes a journal to entertain his godfather back in England. With wit and disdain he records mounting tensions on board, as an obsequious clergyman attracts the animosity of the tyrannical captain and surly crew.

Genre: Historical

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Used availability for William Golding's Rites of Passage

Hardback Editions

September 1980 : USA Hardback

Title: Rites of Passage
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 0-374-25086-3 / 978-0-374-25086-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
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June 1988 : UK Hardback

Title: Rites of Passage (New Portway Large Print Books)
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 0-7451-7140-0 / 978-0-7451-7140-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
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October 1980 : UK Hardback

Title: Rites of Passage
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 0-571-11639-6 / 978-0-571-11639-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Paperback Editions

November 2013 : UK Paperback

Title: Rites of Passage: With an introduction by Robert McCrum
Author(s): William Golding, William Golding
ISBN: 0-571-29854-0 / 978-0-571-29854-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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September 1990 : USA Paperback

Title: Rites Of Passage
Author(s): Golding ,
ISBN: 1-877727-12-1 / 978-1-877727-12-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: White Pine Press
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March 2001 : UK Paperback

Title: Rites of Passage (FF Classics)
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 0-571-20943-2 / 978-0-571-20943-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
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May 1997 : UK Paperback

Title: Rites of Passage (Sea Trilogy)
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 0-571-19144-4 / 978-0-571-19144-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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November 1999 : USA Paperback

Title: RITES OF PASSAGE (To the Ends of the Earth)
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 0-374-52640-0 / 978-0-374-52640-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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April 1982 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: Rites of Passage
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 0-86721-061-3 / 978-0-86721-061-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Playboy Paperback
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January 1982 : UK Paperback

Title: Rites of Passage
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 0-571-11788-0 / 978-0-571-11788-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Audio Editions

August 1996 : UK Audio Cassette

Title: Rites of Passage (Penguin/Faber audiobooks)
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 0-14-086395-8 / 978-0-14-086395-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks
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March 1990 : UK Audio Cassette

Title: Rites of Passage: Complete & Unabridged
Author(s): William Golding
ISBN: 1-85089-700-X / 978-1-85089-700-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK

Kindle Editions

August 2014 : USA Kindle edition

Title: Rites of Passage
Author(s): William Golding
Publisher:
Availability: Amazon

November 2013 : USA, Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition

Title: Rites of Passage: With an introduction by Robert McCrum (Sea Trilogy)
Author(s): William Golding
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon AU