Posted by John Wilson on August 03, 2007 at 00:25:55 from 202.154.138.67 user hugo.
In Reply to: Re: Ransome's usage of the posted by RichardG on August 01, 2007 at 17:22:40:
The Wiki page on ‘Lord of the Flies’ (pub. 1954) points out that William Golding uses the N-word himself in the book, as it was acceptable in 1954, although he accuses R M Ballantyne (The Coral Island) of being racist! ‘Lord of the Flies’ challenged the 19th century views of Ballantyne in ‘The Coral Island’.