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  2. Fahrenheit 451 - Wikipedia

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    Upon its release, Fahrenheit 451 was a critical success, albeit with notable dissenters; the novel's subject matter led to its censorship in apartheid South Africa and various schools in the United States. In 1954, Fahrenheit 451 won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal.

  3. Speechify - Wikipedia

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    Speechify is a mobile, chrome extension and desktop app that reads text aloud using a computer-generated text to speech voice. [1] [2] [3]The app also uses optical character recognition technology to turn physical books or printed text into audio which can be played in your own voice or in that of a celebrity.

  4. A Pleasure to Burn - Wikipedia

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    A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published August 17, 2010. A companion to novel Fahrenheit 451 , it was later released under the Harper Perennial imprint of HarperCollins publishing was in 2011.

  5. The Pedestrian - Wikipedia

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    The 60th anniversary of Fahrenheit 451 contains the short piece "The Story of Fahrenheit 451" by Jonathan R. Eller. In it, Eller writes that Bradbury's inspiration for the story came when he was walking down Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles with a friend in late 1949. On their walk, a police cruiser pulled up and asked what they were doing.

  6. Guy Montag - Wikipedia

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    Montag is portrayed by Oskar Werner in the 1966 film version.; Montag is portrayed by Michael B. Jordan in the 2018 television film version. [1]In the afterword of the 2003 fiftieth anniversary edition of the book, Bradbury states that only upon later reflection of his work did he realize he had subconsciously named Montag after a paper company, making him the counterpart to Faber, which is ...

  7. List of most commonly challenged books in the United States

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    Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury: Obscene language, references to smoking and drinking, violence, and religious themes 1953 — 69 — Fallen Angels: Walter Dean Myers: Offensive language, racism, violence 1988 85 11 36 The Family Book: Todd Parr: 2003 67 — — Family Secrets: Norma Klein

  8. Ray Bradbury bibliography - Wikipedia

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    (1991) Fahrenheit 451 (cassette) (1991) The Martian Chronicles (cassette) (1991) Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Ray Bradbury (cassette) (1992) A Sound of Thunder (cassette) (1992) Kaleidoscope and There Was An Old Woman (cassette) (1992) Green Shadows, White Whale (2 cassettes) (1992) Ray Bradbury Himself: Reads 19 Complete Stories (4 cassettes)

  9. Fahrenheit 451 (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 may also refer to: Fahrenheit 451, a 1966 film adaptation of the novel; Fahrenheit 451, a television adaptation of the novel; Fahrenheit 451, a 1984 computer game based on the novel "Fahrenheit 451", a song by ATB from Trilogy "Fahrenheit 451", a song by Hawkwind from Choose Your Masques