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Atlas Shrugged

Pages
1088
Published
1957
Language
English

Synopsis

In a near-future America where the economy is collapsing, a group of brilliant industrialists, artists, and thinkers mysteriously disappear, leaving the world to crumble. Dagny Taggart, vice president of a major railroad, fights to keep her company and the nation alive against mounting opposition and a growing sense of dread. She must uncover the truth behind the disappearances and the identity of the enigmatic John Galt, who seems to hold the key to the world's fate.

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About the author

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Ayn Rand

Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum;[a] February 2, [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (/aɪn/), was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. She wrote a play that opened on Broadway in 1935. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful, she achieved fame with her 1943...

Characters

Dagny TaggartProtagonist
John GaltProtagonist
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