Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand, Edward Herrmann

Atlas Shrugged
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Author: Ayn Rand, Edward Herrmann
Edition: Music CD
Format: Abridged
Published: 2000-06-30
ISBN: 1565114175
Number of pages: 12
Publisher: Highbridge Audio

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Book Review: This book changed the way I viewed the world.
Summary: 5 Stars

Although this book is rather long (which is one of many's main complaints), and it took me about a month and a half to read, it was well worth it. I was so enthralled by the character of John Galt and the concept of selfishness not being a bad thing. I left with a much higher self esteem.

Summary of Atlas Shrugged

"Who is John Galt?" is the immortal question posed at the beginning of Ayn Rand's masterpiece. The answer is the astonishing story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world-and did. As passionate as it is profound, Atlas Shrugged is one of the most influential novels of our time. In it, Rand dramatizes the main tenets of Objectivism, her philosophy of rational selfishness. She explores the ramifications of her radical thinking in a world that penalizes human intelligence and integrity. Part mystery, part thriller, part philosophical inquiry, part volatile love affair, Atlas Shrugged is the book that confirmed Ayn Rand as one of the most popular novelist and most respected thinkers of the 20th century.
Who is John Galt?

This famous rhetorical question rings through Ayn Rand's best-selling novel as the people's anthem of despair in depressed economic times.

Set in the future, the novel follows capitalist magnates as they battle looters, strikers, and the impending ruin of the United States' economy. The romantic and intellectual relationship between Dagny Taggart, the heroine, and John Galt, whose identity as the leader of the strike is eventually revealed, carries the novel to its climax.

This novel, controversial when it first appeared in 1957, purports Rand's objectivist philosophy that the individual is free to pursue his or her own happiness without bowing to God or society. Objectivism in action upholds full laissez-faire capitalism as the only philosophy that can protect humankind's freedom to think, to be inventive, and to live productively.

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