Fahrenheit 451

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Synopsis
Internationally acclaimed with more than 5 million copies in print, Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published nearly 50 years ago. Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires. . . The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning . . . along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames. . . never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. . . and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do! In newer printing, all previously censored out portions have been restored. In Bradbury's added "Coda" he explains the attempts and successes people have made to change his original piece.
Copyright:
1996

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
182 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780345410016
Publisher:
Random House
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Ray Bradbury
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Submitted By:
Liz Halperin
Proofread By:
Liz Halperin
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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I read this book in my English class. It is brilliant. When I start making movies I really think I will make this book into a movie. I have such vivid thoughts about it. It is so great and it's an impressive perspective on the future.