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Leonard Peikoff

Ayn Rand

The Journals of Ayn Rand Paperback – August 1, 1999

by Ayn Rand (Author), Leonard Peikoff (Author), David Harriman (Editor)

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Rarely has a writer and thinker of the stature of Ayn Rand afforded us access to her most intimate thoughts and feelings. From Journals of Ayn Rand, we gain an invaluable new understanding and appreciation of the woman, the artist, and the philosopher, and of the enduring legacy she has left us.Rand comes vibrantly to life as an untried screenwriter in Hollywood, creating stories that reflect her youthful vision of the world. We see her painful memories of communist Russia and her struggles to convey them in We the Living. Most fascinating is the intricate, step-by-step process through which she created the plots and characters of her two masterworks, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and the years of painstaking research that imbued the novels with their powerful authenticity. Complete with reflections on her legendary screenplay concerning the making of the atomic bomb and tantalizing descriptions of projects cut short by her death, Journals of Ayn Rand illuminates the mind and heart of an extraordinary woman as no biography or memoir ever could. On these vivid pages, Ayn Rand lives.

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752 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date

August 1, 1999
Dimensions

6 x 1.7 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

0452278872
ISBN-13

978-0452278875

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Born February 2, 1905, Ayn Rand published her first novel, We the Living, in 1936. Anthem followed in 1938. It was with the publication of The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957) that she achieved her spectacular success. Rand’s unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a worldwide audience. The fundamentals of her philosophy are put forth in three nonfiction books, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, The Virtues of Selfishness, and Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. They are all available in Signet editions, as is the magnificent statement of her artistic credo, The Romantic Manifesto.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 1999
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 752 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0452278872
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0452278875
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.66 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.7 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,205,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #387 in Epistemology Philosophy
- #1,830 in Essays (Books)
- #6,081 in Short Stories Anthologies

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Ayn Rand's first novel, We the Living, was published in 1936, followed by Anthem. With the publication of The Fountainhead in 1943, she achieved spectacular and enduring success. Rand's unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a worldwide audience and maintains a lasting influence on popular thought. The fundamentals of her philosophy are set forth in such books as Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, The Virtue of Selfishness, Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal, and The Romantic Manifesto. Ayn Rand died in 1982.
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