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  • Written by: Ayn Rand
  • Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
  • Length: 52 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (318 ratings)

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Atlas Shrugged

Written by: Ayn Rand
Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
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Publisher's Summary

Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club.

This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world - and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he fight his hardest battle not against his enemies, but against the woman he loves?

Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus and launched an ideology and a movement. With the publication of this work in 1957, Rand gained an instant following and became a phenomenon. Atlas Shrugged emerged as a premier moral apologia for capitalism, a defense that had an electrifying effect on millions of readers (and now listeners) who had never heard capitalism defended in other than technical terms.

©1957 Ayn Rand, 1985 renewed Eugene Winick, Paul Gitlin, and Leonard Peikoff, Introduction 1992 Leonard Peikoff (P)1991 Blackstone Audio Inc.

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Fantastic

A must read
For all of us even more valuable for the current world. Highly recommend

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Excellent value for your re-listen

This story is so inctedibly dense with meaning that coplections of essays longer than the book itself have been published to elucidate its many facets. I have listened to it more than five times. #Audible1

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Favorite story of all Rove

This is my favorite book, I've read it at least 10 times. Hurt did a great job with the narration. *UNABRIDGED*

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best book ever written

Ayn Rand is one of the rarest beautiful minded person to have ever lived. Great journey!

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Worthwhile to learn from

You'd think this book was written after the distopian covid pandemic, not before. I replayed several chapters over again to better absorb what was being presented in the conversations between characters.

The narrator does an excellent job, having a few different voices of his own, kind of like Dick Hill had.

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audio issues midway through

the story is eerily prescient, you will find the similarities with today, written in 1957 being spoken aloud.

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Pivotal Read for Me!

This book was one of the catalysts that helped me understand the world we are living in much better. It left me feeling much less confused as to why everything has unfolded the way that it had recently.

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wow.

this was an amazing listen. alot to think about after spending a few weeks listening

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70 years old and more relevant today than ever

Great story and we'll out together. Writing repeats and some segments seem drawn out and a bit overstated however it's a great book that puts forth a broad topic.

It is read well, the orator has a pleasant voice, isn't irritating and reads it at a good pace with good vocal changes for characters and emotion.

Should be mandatory reading but I can see how a certain political leaning wouldn't wouldn't allow it as it competes with their agenda, unfortunately that political leaning has majority control over schools and universities... and look where we are now...

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Dated but a good story

At times it read like a 50s detective novel. The political dogma of Ms Rand was extreme but to be expected. The story held together well and except for John Galt’s tiresome sermon near the end it was a delightful read/listen. Narrator Hurt was brilliant, navigating all the character voices with subtle clarity. I’d recommend it to anyone seeking perspective from a voice from the right, even though it screams a bit much.

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