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The Passion of Ayn Rand

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Summary

Full Title: The Passion of Ayn Rand Author(s): Barbara Branden Year Published: 1986 Publisher: Doubleday & Company Publication Type: Commercial ISBN-10: 0-385-19171-5 (hardcover), 0-385-24388-X (paperback) ISBN-13: 978-0-385-19171-5 (hardcover), 978-0-385-24388-9 (paperback) Description: This was the first full-length biography of Rand ever published, and to date it is the most comprehensive biographical study of Rand available. Branden was a personal friend of Rand from 1950 to 1968, and wrote the authorized biographical essay in Who Is Ayn Rand?. Taped interviews that she did for that book were part of the source material for this one. Rand broke publicly with Branden (and her husband, Nathaniel Branden) in 1968. Branden has been accused of bias due to her personal history with Rand, and of mistaking or misrepresenting information in her biography. A tv movie drama was made by Showtime based on Branden's book in 1999.

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: Prologue
• Part II: We the Living
• Part III: The Fountainhead
• Part IV: Atlas Shrugged
• Part V: Denouement
• Part VI: Epilogue
• Books by Ayn Rand
• Index

Related Links

• Excerpt on critical reaction to The Fountainhead
• Book Homepage
• Homepage of Barbara Branden
• Interview with Branden in Full Context, in which she discusses the book
• Unofficial homepage of the TV Movie Version
• Listing for the TV Movie on the Internet Movie Database

Reviews, Criticism and Analysis

The following perspectives on this book are available online:

• By Roy A. Childs, Jr. for Laissez Faire Books
• By Craig Ceely on his blog
• By David P. Hayes
• By Bobby Matherne at the Doyletics Foundation website
• By Joseph Sobran for National Review
• By David Ramsey Steele for Free Life
• Anonymous comments on a blog

In 1999, a movie based on this book was released. The following perspectives on the movie are available online:

• By Chuck Arrington for DVD Talk
• By Nate Dredge on his blog
• By Thomas Kelley at LewRockwell.com
• By Jeremy Lee for The Libertarian Enterprise
• By John Leonard for New York magazine
• By Elaine Matlock for the Helen Mirren Appreciation Society
• By Les Phillips for CineScene.com
• By Jessica Schneider on her blog

Additional keywords: Ann Rand, Anne Rand, Ayn Rad, Ayn Ran, Any Rand, Barbara Brandon, Barbarra Branden

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