num_pages: 191
description: Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which book paper burns. Fahrenheit 451 is a novel set in the (perhaps near) future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by a totaltarian "brave new world" regime. The hero, according to Mr. Bradbury, is "a book burner who suddenly discovers that books are flesh-and-blood ideas and cry out silently when put to the torch."Today, when libraries and schools in this country and all over the world are still "burning" certain books, Fahrenheit 451 remains a brilliantly readable and suspenseful work of even greater impact and timeliness.
language: English
title: Fahrenheit 451
titlecomplete: Fahrenheit 451
characters: The Mechanical Hound, Mildred Montag, Clarisse McClellan, Guy Montag, Captain Beatty, Professor Faber
genres: Literature, Audiobook, Science Fiction, Classics, School, Novels, Adult, Fiction, Dystopia, Fantasy
ratings_count: 2292836
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Geffen Award
category: Best Translated SF Book, awardedAt: -536428800000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver), awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Simon & Schuster