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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451 Mass market paperbound - 1972

by Ray D. Bradbury

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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.

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

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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). 

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  • Title Fahrenheit 451
  • Author Ray D. Bradbury
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ballantine Books
  • Publication date June 12, 1972
  • ISBN 9780345210647 / 0345210646
  • Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Reading level 890
  • Category Nonfiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451

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