The Early Ayn Rand

This collection of Ayn Rand's previously unpublished short fiction and plays charts her artistic and intellectual growth. It shows her development, in a critical decade, from a twenty-one-year-old Russian immigrant struggling with English to a sophisticated writer of complex philosophical themes and a dazzling prose style. Chosen by Leonard Peikoff, Ayn Rand's long-time associate and literary executor, these eleven selections range from beginner's exercises to excerpts from early versions of We the Living and The Fountainhead. Each of these apprentice pieces represents a significant advance in Ayn Rand's evolution as an artist and philosopher.