This preview is part of Explore Atlas Shrugged, philosopher Diana Brickell's course on Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. The course includes over 22 hours of podcasts, 1400 study questions, and other resources. It will inspire fresh insights into the complex events, characters, and ideas of this epic novel – whether you've read it just once or a dozen times before.

You can purchase access to the whole of Explore Atlas Shrugged for just $20. The written materials in the course are also available from Amazon in paperback and kindle formats, and purchasers of those editions just pay $10 for access to the podcasts.


Plot Outline

This plot outline summarizes the major events of Atlas Shrugged, broken into parts, chapters, and sections. As always, the page numbers found in parentheses refer to the hardcover, softcover, and kindle editions of Atlas Shrugged, not the small mass market paperback.


Part 1: Non-Contradiction

Chapter 1: The Theme


Chapter 2: The Chain


Chapter 3: The Top and the Bottom


Chapter 4: Immovable Movers


Chapter 5: The Climax of the d'Anconias

Part 1: Chapter 6: The Non-Commercial

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Section 2

Part 1: Chapter 7: The Exploiters and the Exploited

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Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Section 9

Part 1: Chapter 8: The John Galt Line

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Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Part 1: Chapter 9: The Sacred and the Profane

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Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Part 1: Chapter 10: Wyatt's Torch

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Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Section 9


Part 2: Either-Or

Part 2: Chapter 1: The Man Who Belonged on Earth

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Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Part 2: Chapter 2: The Aristocracy of Pull

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Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Part 2: Chapter 3: White Blackmail

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Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Part 2: Chapter 4: The Sanction of the Victim

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Section 3

Part 2: Chapter 5: Account Overdrawn

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Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Part 2: Chapter 6: Miracle Metal

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Section 3

Part 2: Chapter 7: Moratorium on Brains

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Section 3

Part 2: Chapter 8: By Our Love

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Part 2: Chapter 9: The Face Without Pain or Fear or Guilt

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Part 2: Chapter 10: The Sign of the Dollar

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Part 3: A is A

Part 3: Chapter 1: Atlantis

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Section 2

Part 3: Chapter 2: The Utopia of Greed

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Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Part 3: Chapter 3: Anti-Greed

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Section 2

Section 3

Part 3: Chapter 4: Anti-Life

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Section 3

Section 4

Part 3: Chapter 5: Their Brothers' Keepers

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Section 4

Part 3: Chapter 6: The Concerto of Deliverance

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Part 3: Chapter 7: This Is John Galt Speaking

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Speech

Part 3: Chapter 8: The Egoist

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Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Part 3: Chapter 9: The Generator

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Part 3: Chapter 10: In the Name of the Best Within Us

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About Explore Atlas Shrugged

Do you want to better understand and appreciate Ayn Rand's epic novel Atlas Shrugged?

Explore Atlas Shrugged is an in-depth course consisting of a podcast series, study questions, and other resources by philosopher Dr. Diana Brickell. The course breaks Atlas Shrugged into 20 manageable sessions, each covering about 65 pages of the novel.

Explore Atlas Shrugged will inspire fresh insights into the complex events, characters, and ideas of Ayn Rand's epic novel, whether you've read it just once or a dozen times before.

Check out the previews, then purchase access to the whole of Explore Atlas Shrugged for just $20. The written materials of Explore Atlas Shrugged are also available from Amazon in paperback and kindle formats, and purchasers of those editions pay just $10 for access to the podcasts.