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, 264 pages
Published Feb. 5, 2020 by Proa.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-7588-821-7Copied ISBN!
Farenhajt 451
208 pages
Serbian language
Published Aug. 31, 2015 by Laguna.
- ISBN:
- 978-86-7436-072-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 933198751
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover, 152 pages
English language
Published Aug. 31, 1982 by Limited Editions Club.
- OCLC Number:
- 65969967
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover, 192 pages
Published Oct. 21, 2021 by DEBOLSILLO.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-663-5816-3Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover
Spanish language
Published Aug. 31, 1997 by Minotauro.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-450-7119-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 431918104
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 159 pages
English language
Published Nov. 12, 1986 by Macmillan of Canada.
Fahrenheit 451
Hardcover
English language
Published Aug. 31, 1954 by Rupert Hart-Davis.
- OCLC Number:
- 637219409
451 ̊po Farengeitu/451 по Фаренгеиту
Paperback, 150 pages
Russian language
Published Aug. 31, 1956 by Izd-vo Inostrannoĭ Lit-ry/Изд-во Иностранной Лит-ры.
- OCLC Number:
- 7257486
Fahrenheit 451
Turkish language
Published Aug. 31, 2007 by İthaki.
- ISBN:
- 978-975-6902-21-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 613945171
Fahrenheit 451
leather bound
English language
Published Aug. 31, 2000 by Easton Press.
- OCLC Number:
- 861188331
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback
Published March 24, 2018 by Saída de Emergência.
- ISBN:
- 978-989-773-106-8Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
prebound
English language
Published July 31, 1977 by Perfection Learning.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8124-1555-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 466425815
451 po Farengeĭtu
253 pages
Russian language
Published Aug. 31, 2005 by ĖKSMO, Domino.
- ISBN:
- 978-5-699-10819-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 62162967
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback
Published Aug. 13, 2018 by Heyne Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-453-31983-7Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
audio cassette
Published June 30, 1982 by Recorded Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-55690-172-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 607266318
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