Anthem

In this classic novel that anticipates her later masterpieces The Fountainheadand Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand examines a frightening future in which individualshave... » 

In this classic novel that anticipates her later masterpieces The Fountainheadand Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand examines a frightening future in which individualshave no name no independence and no values.Equality 72521 lives in the Dark Ages of the future where all decisions aremade by committee all people live in collectives all traces of individualismhave been wiped out. But the spark of individual thought and freedom stillburns in Equality 72521 a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. Ina purely egalitarian world he dares to stand forth from the herd to thinkand choose for himself to discover electricity and to love the woman of hischoice. Now he has been marked for death for committing the ultimate sin in aworld where the great we reign supreme he has rediscovered the lost and holyword I.This provocative book is an anthem sung in praise of mans ego. «