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
Hardcover, 190 pages
English language
Published Nov. 12, 2007 by Simon & Schuster.
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- 978-1-60751-166-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 730444688
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 175 pages
German language
Published Aug. 31, 1996 by Diogenes.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-257-20862-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 831206954
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 159 pages
English language
Published March 31, 2013 by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4767-4452-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1020467961
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover, 161 pages
English language
Published March 28, 1985 by Collins Educational.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-330027-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 472256135
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover, 192 pages
Spanish language
Published Aug. 31, 2002 by Random House Mondadori, S.A..
- ISBN:
- 8423793992833Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 920153854
华氏451
Paperback, 201 pages
Chinese language
Published Nov. 12, 2005 by Zhong qing chu ban she.
- ISBN:
- 978-7-5366-7149-2Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 302884539
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 159 pages
English language
Published April 30, 1960 by Corgi Books.
- OCLC Number:
- 63075539
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 158 pages
German language
Published Jan. 1, 1999 by Cornelsen.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-464-02033-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 838056817
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 237 pages
Swedish language
Published Aug. 31, 2013 by Norstedts.
- ISBN:
- 978-91-1-305188-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 940314688
Farenheit 451
audio cd
English language
Published Aug. 31, 1988 by Books on Tape.
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- 978-0-7366-7493-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 748780429
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 277 pages
Published Oct. 19, 1953 by HarperVoyager.
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- 978-0-00-654606-1Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 158 pages
English language
Published 1973 by Corgi.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-552-09238-8Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 272 pages
Spanish language
Published Oct. 6, 2005 by Editorial Minotauro.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-450-7116-8Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
mass market paperback, 147 pages
English language
Published 1963 by Ballantine Books.
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- 978-0-345-22761-4Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover, 191 pages
English language
Published Oct. 6, 1967 by Simon and Schuster.
- OCLC Number:
- 7050586
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