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
mass market paperback, 179 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1988 by Del Rey / Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-34296-6Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 16280156
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 227 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 2018 by Harper Voyager.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-830369-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 1026191416
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 215 pages
portuguese language
Published Dec. 31, 2012 by Globo.
- ISBN:
- 978-85-250-5224-7Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
240 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 2013
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-749156-8Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 304 pages
German language
Published Oct. 30, 2010 by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-453-52703-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 649518871
Fahrenheit 451 ; Chroniques martiennes ; Les pommes d'or du soleil
French language
Published July 21, 2012
- ISBN:
- 978-2-298-05530-6Copied ISBN!
Kashi yonhyakugojūichi do
299 pages
Japanese language
Published Aug. 6, 2014
- ISBN:
- 978-4-15-011955-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 882889241
Fahrenheit 451
English language
Published June 26, 2013
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4516-7326-5Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
195 pages
Italian language
Published Aug. 30, 2000
- ISBN:
- 978-88-04-48771-5Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
English language
Published July 20, 2009
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8090-5100-7Copied ISBN!
Fahrenheit 451
Epub
Catalan language
Published Nov. 6, 2013 by Proa.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-7588-469-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 869281792
Fahrenheit 451
Audio CD
German language
Published Oct. 30, 2008 by Diogenes.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-257-80180-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 887437444
Fahrenheit stupňů 451
Czech language
Published Oct. 30, 2009 by Baronet.
- ISBN:
- 978-80-7384-176-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 320411664
Fahrenheit 451
Paperback, 175 pages
Spanish language
Published June 6, 2004 by Plaza y Janes.
- ISBN:
- 978-950-644-029-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 53887393
Fahrenheit 451
192 pages
English language
Published July 21, 2004
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-718170-4Copied ISBN!
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