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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury
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Description

Nowadays firemen start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and a professor who told him of a future where people could think. And Guy Montag knew what he had to do....

What it’s like

ThemeNear-FutureDystopian Sci-FiEmpoweredTransformation & Becoming
ViolenceStandard
CombatIncidental
HorrorChilling
SpiceWholesome/Clean
ProfanityMild

Details

First published
October 1953
Pages
190
Reading time
About 4 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
FollettBound
Language
English
ISBN
9780329046491
Series
Standalone

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