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The story of Atlas Shrugged takes place in the United States at an unspecified future time. Dagny Taggart, vice president in charge of operations for Taggart Transcontinental Railroad, seeks to rebuild the crumbling track of the Rio Norte Line that serves Ellis Wyatt’s oil fields and the booming industrial areas of Colorado. The country is in a downward economic spiral with businesses closing and men out of work.... More

About the Author
  Personal Background
  Career Highlights
  Rand’s Philosophy: Objectivism
About the Novel
  A Brief Synopsis
Chapter Summaries and Commentaries
  Part One: Chapter 1—The Theme
  Part One: Chapter 2—The Chain
  Part One: Chapter 3—The Top and the Bottom
  Part One: Chapter 4—The Immovable Movers
  Part One: Chapter 5—The Climax of the d’Anconias
  Part One: Chapter 6—The Non-Commercial
  Part One: Chapter 7—The Exploiters and the Exploited
  Part One: Chapter 8—The John Galt Line
  Part One: Chapter 9—The Sacred and the Profane
  Part One: Chapter 10—Wyatt’s Torch
  Part Two: Chapter 1—The Man Who Belonged on Earth
  Part Two: Chapter 2—The Aristocracy of Pull
  Part Two: Chapter 3—White Blackmail
  Part Two: Chapter 4—The Sanction of the Victim
  Part Two: Chapter 5—Account Overdrawn
  Part Two: Chapter 6—Miracle Metal
  Part Two: Chapter 7—The Moratorium on Brains
  Part Two: Chapter 8—By our Love
  Part Two: Chapter 9—The Face Without Pain or Fear or Guilt
  Part Two: Chapter 10—The Sign of the Dollar
  Part Three: Chapter 1—Atlantis
  Part Three: Chapter 2—The Utopia of Greed
  Part Three: Chapter 3—Anti-Greed
  Part Three: Chapter 4—Anti-Life
  Part Three: Chapter 5—Their Brothers’ Keepers
  Part Three: Chapter 6—The Concerto of Deliverance
  Part Three: Chapter 7—“This is John Galt Speaking”
  Part Three: Chapter 8—The Egoist
  Part Three: Chapter 9—The Generator
  Part Three: Chapter 10—In the Name of the Best Within Us
 

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