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Anthem - Ayn Rand

·2 hr 8 min·5 clips
Equality 7-2521 defies the Council of Scholars' dogma by declaring, 'The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them.'
This is a full audiobook narration of Ayn Rand's dystopian novella 'Anthem.' It follows Equality 7-2521, a Street Sweeper with a brilliant mind in a future collectivist society that has outlawed individuality, personal thought, and the word 'I.' He secretly rediscovers electricity, falls in love, and is ultimately rejected by the ruling scholars, forcing him to flee into the forbidden Uncharted Forest to claim his own life and identity.

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A candlelit refusal to think, speak, or write alone.

Anthem is a stark chamber piece about defiance, beginning with a speaker who writes by candlelight in a tunnel because thought, solitude, and private language are all criminalized.

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Press play for a candlelit rebellion against a world that forbids solitude, private thought, and private writing.

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