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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 civilization'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.
| ISBN: | 9780006546061 |
| Publication date: | 16th August 1993 |
| Author: | Ray Bradbury |
| Publisher: | HarperVoyager an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 172 pages |
| Series: | Flamingo Modern Classic |
| Primary Genre | Dystopian and utopian fiction |
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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 civilization'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.
Fahrenheit 451 features in the following genres: Dystopian and utopian fiction, eBooks of the Month, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Fahrenheit 451 is available in Paperback, CD-Audio, , Hardback
Fahrenheit 451 was written by Ray Bradbury and published by HarperVoyager an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Fahrenheit 451 has 172 pages
Yes it is part of Flamingo Modern Classic series
£8.99
