An edition of Anthem (1936)

Anthem

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An edition of Anthem (1936)

Anthem

50th anniversary ed. / with a new introduction and appendix by Leonard Peikoff.

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Novel; Individual versus the ultimate collective society.

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Publisher
Dutton
Language
English
Pages
253

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Fiction Individuality Time travel in fiction Individuality in fiction collectivism Time travel Psychology Men Men in fiction Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships in fiction American fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, psychological Fiction, science fiction, general Fiction, dystopian Fiction, historical, general Individualism FICTION / Classics FICTION / Literary FICTION / Political Russian Science fiction Psychological fiction Unemployment insurance Taxation Law and legislation Local finance Play Comparative Psychology

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Jul 27, 2013, PSI
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December 1, 1999, Plume
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1996, Signet
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Anthem
March 1, 1996, Signet
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1995, Dutton
in English - 50th anniversary ed. / with a new introduction and appendix by Leonard Peikoff.
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Anthem
September 1, 1961, Signet
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September 1, 1961, Signet
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September 1, 1961, Signet
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Anthem
1946, New American Library
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Book Details

First Sentence

"IT IS A SIN TO WRITE THIS."

Edition Notes

Also includes a facsim. of the original English ed., published in 1938, with Rand's editorial changes for the American ed. in her own hand.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.52
Library of Congress
PS3535.A547 A7 1995, PS3535.A547A7 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
253 p. ;
Number of pages
253

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1278124M
ISBN 10
0525940154
LCCN
95009854
OCLC/WorldCat
32132103
LibraryThing
862
Goodreads
1131169

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Work ID
OL731737W

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Work Description

Anthem is a tale of a future dark age of the great “we” – a world that deprives individuals of name, independence, and values.

He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world he dared to love the woman of his choice. In an age that had lost all traces of science and civilization he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: He had stood forth from the mindless human herd. He was alone.

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It is a sin to write this.
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