Atlas Shrugged

by Rand, Ayn

• ISBN13: 9780525948926
• ISBN10: 0525948929
• Edition: 100th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-21
• Publisher: Dutton Adult

Summary

"This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world - and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies, but against those who needed him most, and his hardest battle against the woman he loved? What is the world's motor - and the motive power of every man? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the characters in this story." "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." "This is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man's body, but 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Born February 2, 1905, Ayn Rand published her first novel, We the Living, in 1936. Anthem followed in 1938. It was with the publication of The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957) that she achieved her spectacular success. Ms. Rand-'s unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a worldwide audience. The fundamentals of her philosophy are put forth in the nonfiction books Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, The Virtue of Selfishness, and Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION,	IX
PART I NON-CONTRADICTION
I THE THEME,	3	(24)
II THE CHAIN,	27	(17)
III THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM,	44	(20)
IV THE IMMOVABLE MOVERS,	64	(5)
V THE CLIMAX OF THE D'ANCONIAS,	69	(58)
VI THE NON-COMMERCIAL,	127	(35)
VII THE EXPLOITERS AND THE EXPLOITED,	162	(55)
VIII THE JOHN GALT LINE,	217	(36)
IX THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE,	253	(39)
X WYATT'S TORCH,	292	(47)
PART II EITHER-OR
I THE MAN WHO BELONGED ON EARTH,	339	(40)
II THE ARISTOCRACY OF PULL,	379	(44)
III WHITE BLACKMAIL,	423	(38)
IV THE SANCTION OF THE VICTIM,	461	(35)
V ACCOUNT OVERDRAWN,	496	(36)
VI MIRACLE METAL,	532	(35)
VII THE MORATORIUM ON BRAINS,	567	(41)
VIII BY OUR LOVE,	608	(25)
IX THE FACE WITHOUT PAIN OR FEAR OR GUILT,	633	(21)
X THE SIGN OF THE DOLLAR,	654	(47)
PART III A IS A
I ATLANTIS,	701	(51)
II THE UTOPIA OF GREED,	752	(64)
III ANTI-GREED,	816	(48)
IV ANTI-LIFE,	864	(45)
V THEIR BROTHERS' KEEPERS,	909	(54)
VI THE CONCERTO OF DELIVERANCE,	963	(37)
VII "THIS IS JOHN GALT SPEAKING,"	1000	(70)
VIII THE EGOIST,	1070	(56)
IX THE GENERATOR,	1126	(21)
X IN THE NAME OF THE BEST WITHIN US,	1147