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Title: Fahrenheit 451
Author: Ray Bradbury
Published: New York: Del Rey, 1979 (1953)
Page Count: 179
Total Page Count: 16,724
Text Number: 46
Read For: My own enjoyment
Short review: A famous dystopia novel about censorship and book, Farhenheit 451 is the story of Guy Montag, a fireman. In the unspecified universe of the book, houses have been fireproofed and firemen exist to start fires: the burn books, all books, which are now banned and illegal to own. Montag is a fireman who begins to collect the books he is supposed to burn, and, after meeting a peculiar young lady, begins to read his books. As Montag reads, he changes and comes to realize the censorship and limitations of his society. He is determined to destroy the system, but doesn't know how. A book about books, and also about society, our possible failures, and our possible hope, Farenheit 451 is one of my all-time favorite novels and I recommend it highly both as a dystopic book and as a good read.
( Long review. )
Author: Ray Bradbury
Published: New York: Del Rey, 1979 (1953)
Page Count: 179
Total Page Count: 16,724
Text Number: 46
Read For: My own enjoyment
Short review: A famous dystopia novel about censorship and book, Farhenheit 451 is the story of Guy Montag, a fireman. In the unspecified universe of the book, houses have been fireproofed and firemen exist to start fires: the burn books, all books, which are now banned and illegal to own. Montag is a fireman who begins to collect the books he is supposed to burn, and, after meeting a peculiar young lady, begins to read his books. As Montag reads, he changes and comes to realize the censorship and limitations of his society. He is determined to destroy the system, but doesn't know how. A book about books, and also about society, our possible failures, and our possible hope, Farenheit 451 is one of my all-time favorite novels and I recommend it highly both as a dystopic book and as a good read.
( Long review. )
