Anthem
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Published: April 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780525948933
Subjects: Rand, Ayn, 1905-1982; Fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; Classics; Fiction / Literary
First sentence: IT IS A SIN TO WRITE THIS.
Description: Equality 7-2521 lives in the Dark Ages of the future, where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives, all traces of individualism have been wiped out. But the spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in Equality 7-2521, a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. In a purely egalitarian world, he dares to stand forth from the herd -- to think and choose for himself, to discover electricity, and to love the woman of his choice. Now he has been marked for death for committing the ultimate sin: in a world where the great "we" reign supreme, he has rediscovered the lost and holy word "I". This provocative book is an anthem sung in praise of man's ego.