Adult Learning & BETC Reads present

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

"Nearly seventy years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. 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 when 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, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known."
~Amazon

All are welcome to join an in-person discussion of this classic (and now, in some places, banned) book.  We will consider the implications of current trends to restrict the availability of reading materials in schools and libraries. Locally, we are fortunate: the book is available at Belmont Books, the public library, and on Amazon.  We also have some copies available to give/loan.  Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like to reserve one, and/or register to attend the discussion at https://bit.ly/BETCReadsNov2023.