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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451
The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen.
Over 1 million copies sold in the UK.
The gripping and inspiring classic of dystopian science fiction
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The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen.
Over 1 million copies sold in the UK.
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.
The classic novel of a post-literate future, Fahrenheit 451 stands alongside Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World as a prophetic account of Western civilisation’s enslavement by the media, drugs, and conformity.
Bradbury’s powerful and poetic prose combines with uncanny insight into the potential of technology to create a novel which, over fifty years from first publication, still has the power to dazzle and shock.
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is widely praised as a classic in its genre. Critics highlight its skillful depiction of a dystopian society, with Kingsley Amis noting its vivid portrayal as one of science fiction's finest. The Times describes it as indispensable, while the Guardian and the Spectator commend Bradbury's unique imagination and dynamic prose style. Many reviewers, including the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, consider Bradbury's originality and use of language to be unmatched, comparing his prose to that of a disciplined American Dylan Thomas.
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ISBN: 9780006546061
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 August 1993
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperVoyager
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 230g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Ray Bradbury has published some 500 short stories, novels, plays and poems since his first story appeared in Weird Tales when he was twenty years old. Among his many famous works are ‘Fahrenheit 451’, ‘The Illustrated Man’ and ‘The Martian Chronicles’.
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