Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title as "'the temperature at which book …
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Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title as "'the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns": the autoignition temperature of paper. The lead character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.
The novel has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas for change. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time (during the McCarthy era) about the threat of book burning in the United States. In later years, he described the book as a commentary on how mass media reduces interest in reading literature.
In 1954, Fahrenheit 451 won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal. It later won the Prometheus "Hall of Fame" Award in 1984 and a "Retro" Hugo Award, one of a limited number of Best Novel Retro Hugos ever given, in 2004. Bradbury was honored with a Spoken Word Grammy nomination for his 1976 audiobook version.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 4248
- GoodReads:
- 304023
- BNF ID:
- 150707007
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Fahrenheit 451
Mass Market Paperback, 190 pages
English language
Published July 21, 1991 by Del Rey.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-34296-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 518485846
- GoodReads:
- 16280156
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 227 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 2018 by Harper Voyager.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-830369-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1026191416
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 176 pages
English language
Published Aug. 16, 1993 by Flamingo.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-654606-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 708516943
Fahrenheit 451
paperback, 272 pages
English language
Published May 1, 2018 by Simon & Schuster.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-9821-0260-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1023600055
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 304 pages
German language
Published Oct. 30, 2010 by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-453-52703-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 649518871
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 179 pages
English language
Published Nov. 2, 1996 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-41001-6Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 251 pages
German language
Published July 21, 1991 by Reclam, Ditzingen.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-15-009270-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 775834832
Fahrenheit 451
paperback, 188 pages
Dutch language
Published May 5, 1993 by Het Spectrum.
- ISBN:
- 978-90-274-3283-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 66259306
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 175 pages
German language
Published Aug. 6, 1981 by Diogenes.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-257-12904-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 24257745
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 213 pages
French language
Published Aug. 31, 1995 by Denoël.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-07-041573-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 968140276
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 215 pages
portuguese language
Published Dec. 31, 2012 by Globo.
- ISBN:
- 978-85-250-5224-7Copied ISBN!
451 stupňů Fahrenheita
Hardcover, 184 pages
Czech language
Published 2024 by Kniha Zlín.
- ISBN:
- 978-80-7662-757-4Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover, 187 pages
Spanish language
Published March 6, 1985 by Plaza & Janes.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-01-42110-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 807046764
Fahrenheit 451
Digital Audio
English language
Published March 12, 2012 by Blackstone Audio.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4551-0632-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 966101094
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 175 pages
Spanish language
Published Aug. 6, 2004 by Debolsillo.
- ISBN:
- 978-970-05-1755-1Copied ISBN!
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