Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2013
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Voyager Classics - timeless masterworks of science fiction and fantasy. A beautiful clothbound edition of the internationally acclaimed Fahrenheit 451 - a masterwork of twentieth-century literature. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post-literate future. 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 dystopian 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.
Main title:
Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury.
Author:
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-, author
Work:
Edition:
Collector's edition.
Imprint:
London : HarperVoyager, 2013.©1953
Collation:
227 pages ; 23 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780007491568
Dewey class:
F
Language:
English
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BRN:
2799595