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Anthem is Ayn Rand's classic tale of a dystopian future of the great "We"--a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence--that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

Anthem is Ayn Rand's classic tale of a dystopian future of the great "We"--a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence--that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged . They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in... Read Full Overview

Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in England. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age. Technological advancement is now carefully planned (when it is allowed to occur... Read Full Overview

Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom. The story takes place at an unspecified future date when mankind has entered another Dark Age. Technological advancement is now carefully... Read Full Overview

Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was the pen name of Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, a Russian-American writer and philosopher known for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. The tenets of which are espoused in all of her writings, but especially in her... Read Full Overview

Ayn Rand (San Petersburgo, 1905 - Nueva York, 1982) es, sin lugar a dudas, una de las pensadoras m s relevantes del siglo XX. La solidez de sus ideas est presente a lo largo de toda su obra literaria, que supone uno de los m s brillantes an lisis que existen acerca del valor... Read Full Overview

Hailed by The New York Times as "a compelling dystopian look at paranoia from one of the most unique and perceptive writers of our time," this brief, captivating novel offers a cautionary tale. The story unfolds within a society in which all traces of individualism... Read Full Overview

"My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose." --- Ayn Rand, Anthem This Novella by Ayn Rand was first published in England in 1938. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age... Read Full Overview

Ayn Rand (San Petersburgo, 1905 - Nueva York, 1982) es, sin lugar a dudas, una de las pensadoras m s relevantes del siglo XX. La solidez de sus ideas est presente a lo largo de toda su obra literaria, que supone uno de los m s brillantes an lisis que existen acerca del valor... Read Full Overview

Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom. The story takes place at an unspecified future date when mankind has entered another Dark Age.