Originally appearing in the long out-of-print Who is Ayn Rand?, Nathaniel Brandens updated essay illuminates the underlying principles of Rands Romantic Realism. With supporting examples from We The Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged, Dr. Branden unravels Rands seamless integration of theme, plot, characterization, and styleand ultimately to her vision of life as it might and ought to be.

