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Fahrenheit 451 School - 1999
by Bradbury, Ray
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- Title Fahrenheit 451
- Author Bradbury, Ray
- Binding school
- Edition Turtleback Scho
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Turtleback Books, USA
- Date October 1999
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0881030198.G
- ISBN 9780881030198 / 0881030198
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.04 x 4.46 x 0.78 in (17.88 x 11.33 x 1.98 cm)
- Reading level 890
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Political fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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About this book
Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine Books, 1953) by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian novel that presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic and critical thought through reading is outlawed. Written in the early years of the Cold War, the novel is a critique of what Bradbury saw as issues in American society of the era.
Bradbury combined two of his early short stories, "The Pedestrian" and "Bright Phoenix," into The Fireman, a novella published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Bradbury's publisher at Ballantine Books then suggested that he expand the work to make into a novel—Fahrenheit 451.
Bradbury combined two of his early short stories, "The Pedestrian" and "Bright Phoenix," into The Fireman, a novella published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Bradbury's publisher at Ballantine Books then suggested that he expand the work to make into a novel—Fahrenheit 451.
Summary
"The short novel presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic and critical thought through reading is outlawed. The central character, Guy Montag, is employed as a "fireman" (which, in this future, means "bookburner"). The number "451" refers to the temperature at which book paper combusts." - [*Wikipedia*][1]
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451
First line
It was a pleasure to burn.
First Edition Identification
Fahrenheit 451 was first published as a novel by Ballantine Books in New York in 1953. First edition copies signed by Bradbury sell for $15,000-$18,000. A limited-edition was released by the publisher in late 1953 of 200 signed copies that were bound in asbestos (to make them fireproof).