Atlas Shrugged: (Centennial Edition) Paperback - 2004
by Ayn Rand; Introduction by Leonard Peikoff
The astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is unlike any other book you have ever read.
About this book
Ayn Rand in her most controversial book yet, depicts a dystopian United State. A world of private businesses that are increasingly penalized and weighted through laws and regulations, stepping over the people who carry out that labor.
As a mysterious figure, John Gault appears on the scene; the country’s top banker, an oil producer, a professor, a composer, and a distinguished judge disappear without a trace, abandoning their professions and loved ones. In turn a revolution begins, creating a new society based on the ‘philosophy of selfishness’ in efforts to be dismissed from the exploitation of those with authority and power.
Atlas Shrugged “is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man’s body, but about the murder — and rebirth — of man’s spirit.” -Ayn RandSummary
Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life—from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy—to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction—to the philosopher who becomes a pirate—to the composer who gives up his career on the night of his triumph—to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad—to the lowest track worker in her Terminal tunnels.
You must be prepared, when you read this novel, to check every premise at the root of your convictions. This is a mystery story, not about the murder—and rebirth—of man’s spirit. It is a philosophical revolution, told in the form of an action thriller of violent events, a ruthlessly brilliant plot structure and an irresistible suspense. Do you say this is impossible? Well, that is the first of your premises to check.
First Edition Identification
Random House published a First Edition, First Printing hardcover in 1957, New York. This edition was published with a blue cloth-board slipcase and blue tinted page-edges. The book is characterized by its blue cloth bound boards and gilt lettering.
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- Title Atlas Shrugged: (Centennial Edition)
- Author Ayn Rand; Introduction by Leonard Peikoff
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 1192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New American Library, New York
- Date December 28, 2004
- ISBN 9780452286368 / 0452286360
- Weight 3.06 lbs (1.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.7 x 6.34 x 2.01 in (22.10 x 16.10 x 5.11 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 990
- Library of Congress subjects Egoism, Capitalism
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Ingram Advance, 01/01/2005, Page 89
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