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Author: Alisa (Alice) Rosenbaum
First Published: 1957
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social morality
Time of Work: Approximately the 1950’s
Setting: Primarily New York City and the state of Colorado
Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
Subjects: 1950’s, Social action, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Intellectuals, Philosophy or philosophers, Social reform, Revolutionaries, New York City, Social issues, Oppression, Ethics, Business or business people, Capitalism, Southwest, Railroads, Reason or reasoning
Locales: New York, NY, Colorado

Characters Discussed

Dagny Taggart, the head of operations of Taggart Transcontinental, a railroad company. She is described as beautiful, but with a face that is too cold and eyes that are too intense. Her brother, James Taggart, accuses her of having no feelings. Dagny is willing to tell people what to do and to take responsibility, qualities that become important as society collapses during the course of the story.

James Taggart, her brother, who recently has become president of Taggart Transcontinental. He is thirty-nine years old but appears to be fifty. James is...

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Characters Discussed

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