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A huge novel about the strike of the world’s innovators
1957Slow paceThoughtful
What it is about
Dagny Taggart, a railroad executive, struggles to keep her company running as the country’s leading thinkers and industrialists mysteriously vanish. Rand uses the story to set out her philosophy of Objectivism.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who want a long novel of ideas.
What you will get
It remains controversial and is read very differently by different readers.
Atlas Shrugged Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Capitalism · Objectivism · Dystopia
Length
1168 pages · ≈ 33 h
More about this book
Characters
Dagny Taggart, Hank Rearden and John Galt.
Setting
A near-future United States in decline.
What makes it different
A very long novel that is also a statement of ideas.
Feel
Earnest, intense and polarizing.
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