Record details

• ISBN: 0451191145
• ISBN: 9780451191144
• ISBN: 0613357663
• ISBN: 9780613357661
• Physical Description: 1079 ppages ; 18 cm
• Edition: 50th anniversary edition.
• Publisher: New York, New York : Signet, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [1996]
• Copyright: ©1957

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes reader's guide to the writings and philosophy of Ayn Rand (pages [1071]-1079).

Originally published: New York : Random House, 1957; Introduction by Leonard Peikoff, c1992.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction by Leonrad Peikoff -- Non-contradiction: Theme -- Chain -- Top and the bottom -- Immovable movers -- Climax of the D'Anconias -- Non-commercial -- Exploiters and the exploited -- John Galt line -- Sacred and the profane -- Wyatt's torch -- Either-or: Man who belonged on earth -- Aristocracy of pull -- White blackmail -- Sanction of the victim -- Account overdrawn -- Miracle metal -- Moratorium on brains -- By our love -- Face without pain or fear of guilt -- Sign of the dollar -- A is A: Atlantis -- Utopia of greed -- Anti-greed -- Anti-life -- Their brothers' keepers -- Concerto of deliverance -- "This is John Galt speaking" -- Egoist -- Generator -- In the name of the best within us.

Target Audience Note:

990L Lexile

Study Program Information Note:

Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.2 102 58696.

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Subject:

Egoism > Fiction.
Capitalism > Fiction.
Objectivism (Philosophy) > Fiction.

Genre:

Action and adventure fiction.
Science fiction.
Didactic fiction.