FAHRENHEIT 451
by RAY BRADBURY
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good /No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009505
- Title
- FAHRENHEIT 451
- Author
- RAY BRADBURY
- Illustrator
- JOHN RICHARDS(COVER ART)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- CORGI
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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