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The Pyramid (Golding novel)

novel by William Golding

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ4363253 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Pyramid (1967) is a novel by the English author William Golding.

Plot

It describes the experiences of growing up in the 1920s in a small market town in England of the narrator, Oliver. It tells three separate stories from his childhood, resolving them many years later. All three stories end with Oliver seeing the other main character for the last time.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “The Pyramid (Golding novel)” as novel by William Golding. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pyramid, Golding and novel.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1967. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pyramid, Golding and novel providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4363253. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1967.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Pyramid (Golding novel)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.