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
Hardcover
English language
Published June 26, 2013 by Simon and Schuster.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4516-7326-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 966257472
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 288 pages
French language
Published July 21, 2011 by BELIN EDUCATION.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-7011-5631-6Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
160 pages
English language
Published July 21, 2009 by Harper Collins.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8090-5101-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 263983883
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover
English language
Published June 26, 2013 by Simon and Schuster.
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- 978-1-4516-7326-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 966257472
Fahrenheit 451
library binding, 159 pages
Published Jan. 10, 2012 by Perfection Learning.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-61383-249-3Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
paperback, 176 pages
Published May 28, 2001 by Voyager.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-711710-9Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
mass market paperback, 184 pages
Published June 26, 1987 by Del Rey.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-34200-3Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Audio CD
German language
Published Oct. 30, 2008 by Diogenes.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-257-80180-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 887437444
Fahrenheit 451
mass market paperback, 147 pages
English language
Published July 29, 1967 by Ballantine Books.
- OCLC Number:
- 1131210874
Fahrenheit 451
mass market paperback, 147 pages
English language
Published Nov. 29, 1971 by Ballantine Books.
- OCLC Number:
- 935474581
Fahrenheit 451: Roman
Paperback, 304 pages
French language
Published July 21, 1999 by DENOEL.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-207-24892-8Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Epub
English language
Published Feb. 6, 2013 by HarperVoyager.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-749696-9Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 175 pages
Spanish language
Published June 6, 2004 by Plaza y Janes.
- ISBN:
- 978-950-644-029-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 53887393
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