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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Fahrenheit 451
Turkish language
Published Aug. 31, 2007 by İthaki.
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- 978-975-6902-21-9Copied ISBN!
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- 613945171
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover, 176 pages
German language
Published Aug. 31, 2002 by Büchergilde Gutenberg.
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- 978-3-7632-5111-7Copied ISBN!
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- 76335839
Fahrenheit 451
mass market paperback
English language
Published Aug. 12, 1977 by Del Rey.
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- 3987474
Fahrenheit 451
library binding, 190 pages
English language
Published Nov. 12, 1993 by FollettBound.
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Fahrenheit 451
Spanish language
Published Aug. 31, 2006 by Debolsillo.
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- 978-958-8611-95-2Copied ISBN!
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Fahrenheit 451
mass market paperback
English language
Published Sept. 12, 1979 by Del Rey.
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- 472795678
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover
English language
Published Aug. 31, 2001 by Book-of-the-Month Club.
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- 978-0-9650205-9-6Copied ISBN!
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- 48174346
Fahrenheit 451
161 pages
English language
Published Aug. 31, 1986 by Grafton Books.
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- 978-0-246-63571-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 809534896
Fahrenheit 451
audio cassette
English language
Published April 30, 1992 by Chivers Audio Books.
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- 978-1-56054-959-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 441266031
Fahrenheit 451
158 pages
English language
Published Aug. 31, 1976 by Grafton Books.
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- 978-0-586-04356-1Copied ISBN!
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- 471451832
Fahrenheit 451
audio cd
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2005 by Blackstone Audiobooks.
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- 978-0-7861-7537-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1004909857
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