Fahrenheit 451 (Unabridged)
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Earphones Award Winner (AudioFile Magazine)
Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins.
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family". But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television. When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life.
Customer Reviews
Still relevant
Revisiting after probably 20 years. Amazing how relevant the book still is today regarding the hypnosis of the masses via commercialism. Loved the concept of the book.
Not sure how I feel about the ending though. On one hand, the war was so impactful, it almost rendered the first 99% of the book meaningless. On the other hand, it provided a plausible path forward for meaningful action.
Also not sure on the narration. A lot of it was good, but some not so much; Mildred’s voice for example.
Very well done!
I absolutely love this book, and the narration is excellent (which isn't surprising, considering it's Tim Robbins). I love an audiobook that makes you forget it's being read by one person. I've already listened to it twice, and will probably listen many times more. Well done!
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