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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Farenheit 451
Paperback
English language
Published April 2, 2004 by Del Rey.
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- 978-84-450-7487-9Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
audio cassette
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2005 by Blackstone Audiobooks.
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- 978-0-7861-4351-1Copied ISBN!
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- 62502323
Fahrenheit 451
audio cassette
English language
Published Aug. 31, 1998 by Recorded Books.
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- 51051351
Marcial Souto, Ray Bradbury, Ralph Steadman: FAHRENHEIT 451 (Paperback, 2022, Libros del Zorro Rojo)
FAHRENHEIT 451
Paperback, 192 pages
Published May 11, 2022 by Libros del Zorro Rojo.
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Fahrenheit 451
Paperback
Published Aug. 13, 2018 by Heyne Verlag.
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Fahrenheit 451
audio cassette
Published June 30, 1982 by Recorded Books.
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- OCLC Number:
- 607266318
華氏451度
236 pages
Chinese language
Published Aug. 31, 2006 by Huang guan wen hua chu ban you xian gong si.
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- 978-957-33-2229-0Copied ISBN!
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- 69950396
451 po Farengeĭtu
253 pages
Russian language
Published Aug. 31, 2005 by ĖKSMO, Domino.
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- 978-5-699-10819-0Copied ISBN!
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- 62162967
Fahrenheit 451
prebound
English language
Published July 31, 1977 by Perfection Learning.
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- 978-0-8124-1555-1Copied ISBN!
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- 466425815
Fahrenheit 451
English language
Published Nov. 12, 2015 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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- 978-1-5148-0160-4Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
English language
Published May 8, 2009 by Lulu Press, Inc..
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Fahrenheit 451
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Published May 8, 2009 by Lulu Press, Inc..
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Fahrenheit 451
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Published May 8, 2009 by Lulu Press, Inc..
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Fahrenheit 451
English language
Published May 8, 2009 by Lulu Press, Inc..
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Fahrenheit 451
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Published May 8, 2009 by Lulu Press, Inc..
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