Ayn Rand
 
 
AYN RAND
One of the most renowned literary figures of the 20th century

One hundred years after her birth, and more than half a century after the publication of The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand's vision of man and her "philosophy for living on earth" have changed the lives of millions of readers and launched a philosophic movement that has had a growing impact on American culture.
 
 

The Fountainhead (high school)

First published in 1943, The Fountainhead is Ayn Rand's ground-breaking novel about the fate of one man's artistic and moral integrity in the face of relentless pressures to compromise and conform.

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Atlas Shrugged (high school)

Ayn Rand's masterpiece, a moral and intellectual thriller, a novel that grapples with the grand questions of good and evil, and offers the most complete statement of the author's own philosophy, Objectivism.

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Anthem (high school)

Set in a terrifying future in which all people live in collectives and all expressions of individualism have been suppressed—a world where even the word "I" has been banished—Anthem explores the spark of freedom and courage that remain in the one man willing to stand against the rulers and choose for himself.

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