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The Early Ayn Rand

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Summary

The full title of this book is The Early Ayn Rand: A Selection from Her Unpublished Fiction. It includes several unpublished short stories from the 1920s, two plays (Ideal and Think Twice), a screen synopsis (Red Pawn), and excerpts from her novels We the Living and The Fountainhead. These items were selected and edited by Rand's heir Leonard Peikoff, who also provides an introduction and notes. The book was published posthumously in 1984, with a revised edition published in 2005 for the centennial of Rand's birth. The two plays, which were never performed in Rand's lifetime, have since been produced.

Contents

Note: The years listed after each item indicate when it was written, and appear on the contents page of the book. Commens in brackets indicate items that appear only in the revised (2005) edition.

• Preface to the Revised Edition [in revised edition only]
• Introduction

Part I: The Twenties

• The Husband I Bought (c. 1926)
• The Night King (c. 1926) [in revised edition only]
• Good Copy (c. 1927)
• Escort (c. 1929)
• Her Second Career (c. 1929)

Part II: Early Thirties

• Red Pawn (c. 1931-32)
• We the Living (unpublished excerpts) (1930-33)
  • "No" (1931)
  • Kira's Viking (1931)
• Ideal (1934)

Part III: Late Thirties

• Think Twice (1939)
• The Fountainhead (unpublished excerpts) (1935-42)
  • Vesta Dunning (1938)
  • Roark and Cameron (1938)
• The Simplest Thing in the World (1940) [in revised edition only]

Related Links

• Homepage of Leonard Peikoff
• Wikipedia article about Leonard Peikoff

Reviews, Criticism and Analysis

The following perspectives on this book are available online:

• Review by Roy A. Childs, Jr. for Laissez Faire Books

Additional keywords: Ann Rand, Anne Rand, Ayn Rad, Ayn Ran, Any Rand, Leonard Peikof, Leonard Piekoff, Lenard Peikoff

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