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
Paperback
Español, Spanish, es_MX, es language
Published by Penguin Random House.
- ISBN:
- 978-607-31-1044-0Copied ISBN!
華氏451度
Epub
Chinese language
Published Aug. 6, 2013 by 汪達數位出版公司.
- ISBN:
- 978-986-89342-2-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 855564623
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover
English language
Published Aug. 6, 1953 by Ballantine Books.
- OCLC Number:
- 53011280
Fahrenheit 451
220 pages
Spanish language
Published Aug. 6, 2007 by Editorial Planeta Mexicana.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-450-7641-5Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Published March 16, 2012 by Simon & Schuster, Incorporated.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4391-4267-7Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Epub
Dutch language
Published Aug. 6, 2017 by Lebowski.
- ISBN:
- 978-90-488-3997-1Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
215 pages
Portuguese language
Published Aug. 6, 2009 by Globo.
- ISBN:
- 978-85-250-3724-4Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 224 pages
French language
Published by French and European Publications Inc.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5479-0527-0Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Epub
Portuguese language
Published Aug. 6, 2012 by Biblioteca Azul.
- ISBN:
- 978-85-250-5366-4Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451 (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)
265 pages
Published March 19, 2008 by Wheeler Pub Inc.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-59722-716-2Copied ISBN!
فهرنهايت 451
Epub
Arabic language
Published Aug. 6, 2013 by دار الساقي.
- ISBN:
- 978-614-425-662-6Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
mp3 cd
Published Dec. 9, 2014 by Brilliance Audio.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4915-3635-3Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
174 pages
Published May 30, 1993 by Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A..
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- 978-84-01-42282-9Copied ISBN!
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