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Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1953
Pages
Pages 250

A fireman whose job is burning books starts secretly reading what he is sent to destroy, and his wife turns him in. Hunted from the city, he finds exiles who have each memorized a book to keep it alive, as the city burns behind him in war.

It was a pleasure to burn.
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

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