Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury · 1953

In a future America where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found, Guy Montag begins to question the emptiness of his censored, screen-saturated society. A chance meeting with a curious young neighbor and the memory of a woman who chooses to die with her books drive Montag to secretly read and ultimately rebel against the machinery of forgetting.

Books mentioned in Fahrenheit 451 (4)

• Walden by Henry David Thoreau: “Chapter One of Thoreau's Walden in Green River, Chapter Two in Willow Farm, Maine.”
• The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman: “Coloured people don't like Little Black Sambo.”
• Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold: “"Read." "What's the title, dear?" "Dover Beach." His mouth was numb.”
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: “I want you to meet Jonathan Swift, the author of that evil political book, Gulliver's Travels!”

Books that mention Fahrenheit 451 (1)

• Quichotte by Salman Rushdie: “the temperature at which paper catches fire is two hundred and thirty-two point seven eight degrees Celsius, better known as Fahrenheit 451.”