Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand was an American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, Rand moved to the United States in 1926. She had a play produced on Broadway in 1935-1936. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful in America, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, 'The Fountainhead'. In 1957, she published...See more
Ayn Rand was an American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, Rand moved to the United States in 1926. She had a play produced on Broadway in 1935-1936. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful in America, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, 'The Fountainhead'. In 1957, she published her best-known work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own magazines and releasing several collections of essays until her death in 1982. Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge and rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism, and rejected altruism. In politics, she condemned the initiation of force as immoral and opposed collectivism and statism as well as anarchism, instead supporting laissez-faire capitalism, which she defined as the system based on recognizing individual rights. In art, Rand promoted romantic realism. See less
Personality Profile For Ayn Rand
The following is a personality profile of Ayn Rand based on her work.
Ayn Rand is shrewd and unconventional.
She is unconcerned with art, she is less concerned with artistic or creative activities than most people who participated in our surveys. She is unstructured as well: she does not make a lot of time for organization in her daily life. But, Ayn Rand is also cautious of others: she is wary of other people's intentions and does not trust easily.
More than most people, her choices are driven by a desire for organization.
Considers helping others to guide a large part of what she does: she thinks it is important to take care of the people around him. She is also relatively unconcerned with tradition: she cares more about making her own path than following what others have done.
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Ayn Rand's Featured Books
Ayn Rand book reviews
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Atlas Shrugged
Powerful even after all these years
by Dean, Jun 9, 2016
I listened to the audio version but bought the 1957 book version for my daughter.
It's scary just how many parallels you can find in todays society. It's a good story with a powerful message that ... Read More
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The Fountainhead
Publication dates misleading in listings.
by conahan, Sep 25, 2015
I expected a 1943 edition of this book that I ordered from a bookseller. I can no longer access the original listing but the record in my account info shows that 1986 date plainly. I remember ... Read More
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We the Living
All Americans should read this book. You will understand what can happen to this country very soon if we don,t wake up. Read More