Anthem

by Ayn Rand

Anthem was published in the United Kingdom in 1938, but the U.S. edition was delayed until 1946, following the success of The Fountainhead. Anthem is Rand's Dystopian story about a new Dark Age in which technological advances are carefully planned, and individualism is suppressed. "I" has been replaced by "we." A young man known as "Equality 7-2521" is caught conducting secret science research, he and his girlfriend escape to the forest where they hatch a plan to create a new society based on individualism. Rand expanded the work into a novella; her original intention was as a screenplay.

WE ARE ONE IN ALL AND ALL IN ONE.
THERE ARE NO MEN BUT ONLY THE GREAT WE,
ONE, INDIVISIBLE AND FOREVER.

I am. I think. I will.
The sacred word:
EGO

Part One

Part Two - Liberty 5-3000

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Part Seven

Part Eight - It has been a day of wonder, this, our first day in the forest

Part Nine

Part Ten

Part Eleven - I am. I think. I will.

Part Twelve