Anthem – Complete Public Domain Edition

Ready to take your book to the next level? Get personalized feedback to refine your story. Visit https://better-books-kappa.vercel.app/ for more details! Anthem Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982) Anthem is a dystopic science fiction story taking place at some unspecified future date. Mankind has entered another dark age as a result of what Rand saw as the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics. Technological advancement is now carefully planned (when it is allowed to occur, if at all) and the concept of individuality has been eliminated (for example, the word "I" has disappeared from the language). As is common in her work, Rand draws a clear distinction between the "socialist/communal" values of equality and brotherhood and the "productive/capitalist" values of achievement and individuality. The story also parallels Stalinist Russia, which was currently going on at the time as the story was published. (Summary from Wikipedia) Genre(s): Science Fiction Language: English All works first published or released before January 1, 1926, have lost their copyright protection, effective January 1, 2021. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, visit librivox.org 0:00 Chapter 1 32:16 Your Path to a Better Book 33:25 Chapter 2 53:25 Chapter 3 58:15 Chapter 4 01:02:07 Chapter 5 01:07:21 Chapter 6 01:14:29 Chapter 7 01:28:14 Chapter 8 01:33:35 Chapter 9 01:43:35 Chapter 10 01:52:27 Chapter 11 02:00:21 Chapter 12