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Set in a near‑future United States whose economy is unraveling, Atlas Shrugged chronicles the mysterious disappearance of society’s most productive innovators and industrialists. The novel juxtaposes a variety of characters—from a prodigious genius turned disillusioned playboy, to a steel magnate unaware of his own ruin, to a philosopher who turns into a pirate, to a railroad magnate, and to a low‑level train tunnel worker—illustrating the clash between individual creativity and an oppressive social order. With heroes and villains of majestic scope, the book poses existential questions of good and evil, making its philosophical arguments through an action‑packed narrative.
First publish date: 1920
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Ayn Rand
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