Ayn Rand's Fiction
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Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's ultimate novel, a gripping tale of the ideas that move the world. Rand's philosophy comes alive through fiction. |
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The Fountainhead is Ayn Rand's first major novel, her picture of the "ideal man" and the contrast between the first-hand thinker and the second-hander, the self-sufficient creator vs those who exist for and through others. Initially I thought several major characters are weird but with greater understanding I've grown to appreciate them. |
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Anthem is a different style of book from Ayn Rand's usual. Much shorter and more lyrical in style than her major works, it is a "dystopia" novel set in a future where the word "I" has been forgotten, and is the story of one man's rediscovery of individuality. Similar in broad theme to George Orwell's 1984 but not as depressing! |
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We The Living is Ayn Rand's first novel, the story of the human spirit and those who seek to live under the intolerable conditions of rule by those whose creed is death. Set in the years after the Russian Revolution but as usual for Rand the message transcends the setting. |
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The Night of January 16th was a well-received stage play that used the device of audience participation as the jury in a criminal trial, in a "gripping drama about the rise and destruction of a brilliant and ruthless man." |
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The Early Ayn Rand is a collection of previously unpublished short stories, book excerpts etc by Ayn Rand in her formative years as a novellist. |