Fahrenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
Nearly seventy years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.
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Author
Ray Bradbury
Pages
249
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2012-01-10
ISBN
1451673264 9781451673265
Ratings
Google: 3
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"Were y’all just hiding this book from me this whole time? Is it bc you guys know im finna talk about this 24/7"
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Ambulance biter
"Great literature literary fiction "
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Ty
"A classic Orwellian tale, a dystopian future where the government controls information and outlaws books. Enter Guy Montag, our hero, who dares to think. "
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Jackie Davidson
"A classic for a reason, still sadly relevant. "
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CaitVD
"This book made me want to start reading!! I definitely recommend this to anyone who isn’t a big reader!"
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"2.5"
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Malena HM
"At first, the way this was written felt very juvenile to me, and I wasn't sure if I was gonna like it. But the more I read, the more poetic everything sounded. Some aspects of this dystopian world weren't all that different from the present, so reading this was a real eye-opener. It really makes you reflect."
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July
"Conceptually cool considering all the implications then and that can be seen now too, but generally not the most interesting read."
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Matt
"Such a classic. Very easy to read and includes lots of awesome sci-fi elements "
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Adelaide Ebrahimy
"Interesting story and a poignant social commentary about the importance of books and why we read. "
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