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How long did it take you to read Atlas Shrugged?
The average reader will spend 18 hours and 16 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).
How does reading impact your life?
It helps us relate to other people and encourages us to be kind and considerate of other people’s feelings. As it turns out, reading can actually help improve empathy. When people read stories about other people’s lives, it helps them develop the skills to understand the world through another person’s perspective.
What level is Atlas Shrugged?
8.2
| ATOS Book Level: | 8.2 |
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| Interest Level: | Upper Grades (UG 9-12) |
| AR Points: | 102.0 |
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| Word Count: | 561996 |
How difficult is Atlas Shrugged?
By Ayn Rand This is not an easy book. It’s insanely long, dense, complicated, half the time you don’t know what’s going on (it is a mystery, but still), there seem to be hundreds of characters (was Ayn Rand channeling Dickens?), and there’s an entire chapter devoted to philosophy.
What is the plot of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand?
Ayn Rand. Book Summary. The story of Atlas Shrugged takes place in the United States at an unspecified future time. Dagny Taggart, vice president in charge of operations for Taggart Transcontinental Railroad, seeks to rebuild the crumbling track of the Rio Norte Line that serves Ellis Wyatt’s oil fields and the booming industrial areas of Colorado.
Should I read Atlas Shrugged?
Atlas Shrugged is one of those books that probably everyone should read. It is continually in most of the “Top 100” reading lists I have come across. And rightfully so.
Did Atlas Shrugged sell well during the financial crisis?
Sales of Atlas Shrugged increased following the 2007 financial crisis. The Economist reported that the 52-year-old novel ranked No. 33 among Amazon.com’s top-selling books on January 13, 2009, and that its 30-day sales average showed the novel selling three times faster than during the same period of the previous year.
How does Edward Younkins describe Atlas Shrugged?
Edward Younkins describes Atlas Shrugged as “an apocalyptic vision of the last stages of conflict between two classes of humanity—the looters and the non-looters. The looters are proponents of high taxation, big labor, government ownership, government spending, government planning, regulation, and redistribution”.