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Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. Note: The text of this audio book is not copyrighted in the United States. Anthem By: Ayn Rand Narrated by: Erin Bateman Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins 4.3 (4 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. As with all great Science Fiction tales, Anthem challenges us to cast a hard eye on present trends so that we might avert future catastrophe.

In presenting a world where collective thought is more valued than the rights of the individual, Rand strikes a parallel with the socialistic thinking that compelled her to leave her native Soviet Russia. After discovering a buried technology from a past that has been carefully obscured by governmental authorities, our unnamed hero slowly unravels the lies he's been made to believe for his entire life. Set in a far off future, Anthem traces the story of one man's discovery of his own value in the midst of a world that has abolished all concept of self. (Summary by Wikipedia and the Reader)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit is pleased to present this audio production of Anthem by Ayn Rand. This is a novel upholding Rand's central principles of her philosophy and of her heroes: reason, values, volition, individualism.

Rand, as a teenager living in Soviet Russia, initially conceived Anthem as a play. Technological advancement is now carefully planned (when it is allowed to occur at all) and the concept of individuality has been eliminated (for example, the use of the word 'I' is punishable by death). It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age characterized by irrationality, collectivism, and socialistic thinking and economics. This Novella by Ayn Rand was first published in England in 1938. LibriVox recording of Anthem by Ayn Rand.

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