It is a sin to write this.
An edition of Anthem
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Anthem
50th anniversary ed. / with a new introduction and appendix by Leonard Peikoff.
by Ayn Rand
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Novel; Individual versus the ultimate collective society.
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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 fictionShowing 10 featured editions. View all 103 editions?
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Anthem
1995, Dutton
in English
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0525940154 9780525940159
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"IT IS A SIN TO WRITE THIS."
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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.
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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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