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Atlas Shrugged
by Rand, Ayn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0525934189
- ISBN 13
- 9780525934189
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-318: Dutton Adult. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Random House, New York. 1957. 1168 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ has some closed tears present to the extremities along the top edge). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Offsetting present to the pastedowns. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Set in a near-future U. S. A. Whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, 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 woman who runs a transcontinental railroad...to the lowest track worker in her train tunnels. Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller. EB; 2.1 x 9.26 x 6.34 Inches; 1200 pages .
Synopsis
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 Rand
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Reviews
On Jun 7 2017, a reader said:
Atlas Shrugged is perhaps the greatest, most revealing novel ever written. It is larger than life, and a truly philosophical, dramatic, exalting, and suspenseful read.
On Feb 6 2017, a reader said:
A life changimg read.
On Dec 7 2004, Pazzo Books said:
If you liked The Fountainhead but thought the philosophy took a back seat to character development and plot, Atlas Shrugged is great - not concerning itself with such outmoded details like characters who might exist and avoiding exposition, Atlas Shrugged is the most pedantic, two-dimensional book ever. Huzzah.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64729
- Title
- Atlas Shrugged
- Author
- Rand, Ayn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0525934189
- ISBN 13
- 9780525934189
- Publisher
- Dutton Adult
- Place of Publication
- E-318
- Date Published
- 1992
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