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
195 pages
Italian language
Published Aug. 30, 2000
- ISBN:
- 978-88-04-48771-5Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit stupňů 451
Czech language
Published Oct. 30, 2009 by Baronet.
- ISBN:
- 978-80-7384-176-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 320411664
Fahrenheit 451
192 pages
English language
Published July 21, 2004
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-718170-4Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Audiobook Download
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2010 by Tantor Media.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4001-1818-2Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
187 pages
German language
Published July 21, 2003 by Heyne Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-453-16412-3Copied 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!
Fahrenheit 451
paperback, 158 pages
Published June 14, 1970 by Corgi.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-552-07654-8Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
paperback, 272 pages
Published May 1, 2018 by Simon & Schuster.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-9821-0260-9Copied ISBN!
فهرنهايت 451
Epub
Arabic language
Published Aug. 6, 2013 by دار الساقي.
- ISBN:
- 978-614-425-662-6Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
mass market paperback, 184 pages
Published June 26, 1987 by Del Rey.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-34200-3Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
156 pages
German language
Published July 21, 2010 by Eichborn Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-8218-6106-7Copied ISBN!
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