First published in 1936, this novel has as its theme the struggle of the individual against the state. It portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who assert the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness. It tells of a young woman's passionate love, held like a fortress against the corrupting evil of a totalitarian state, which demands from is citizens not independence but self-sacrifice.--Publisher.
‡aWe the living /
‡cAyn Rand ; with an introduction and an afterword by Leonard Peikoff.
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‡a75th Anniversary ed.
260
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‡aNew York :
‡bSignet,
‡c2011, c1959.
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‡axiii, 511 p. ;
‡c18 cm.
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‡aFirst published in 1936, this novel has as its theme the struggle of the individual against the state. It portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who assert the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness. It tells of a young woman's passionate love, held like a fortress against the corrupting evil of a totalitarian state, which demands from is citizens not independence but self-sacrifice.--Publisher.
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‡aSoviet Union
‡xHistory
‡yRevolution, 1917-1921
‡vFiction.
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