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Fahrenheit 451
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Author:
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012,
Published:
New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; New Delhi : Simon & Schuster, [2013].
Format:
Book
Edition:
60th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc:
xvi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Rating:
890
Status:
Checked Out/Available Elsewhere

Description

In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Book burning -- Fiction.
Censorship -- Fiction.
State-sponsored terrorism -- Fiction.
Totalitarianism -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
Censorship.
Fiction.

More Details

Language:
English
ISBN:
9781451673265, 1451673264, 9781451673319
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.2, 7 Points
Lexile measure:
890

Notes

General Note
Originally published: New York : Ballantine Books, c1953.
General Note
"Fahrenheit 451-- the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns ..."--Title page.
General Note
"First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition June 2013"--Title page verso.
General Note
"The sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author, a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren, Harold Bloom, Margaret Atwood, and others ..."--Jacket.
Description
In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.
Target Audience
890,Lexile.
Target Audience
890L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.2,7.0,736.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,5.2,7,736

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Citations

APA Citation (style guide)

Bradbury, R. (2013). Fahrenheit 451. 60th anniversary edition. Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. 2013. Fahrenheit 451. Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012, Fahrenheit 451. Simon & Schuster, 2013.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. 60th anniversary edition. Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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