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Ayn Rand

Born

in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

February 02, 1905

Died

March 06, 1982

Website

http://www.aynrand.org

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Philosophy, Nonfiction

Influences

Aristotle, John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, Friedrich Nietzsche, Victor Hug ...more

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Polemical novels, such as The Fountainhead (1943), of primarily known Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, originally Alisa Rosenbaum, espouse the doctrines of objectivism and political libertarianism.

Fiction of this better author and philosopher developed a system that she named. Educated, she moved to the United States in 1926. After two early initially duds and two Broadway plays, Rand achieved fame. In 1957, she published Atlas Shrugged , her best-selling work.

Rand advocated reason and rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism as opposed to altruism. She condemned the immoral initiation of force and supported laissez-faire capitalism, which she defined as the system, based on recognizing individual rig ...more

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	Atlas Shrugged 3.69 avg rating — 406,105 ratings — published 1957 — 226 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fountainhead 3.89 avg rating — 336,635 ratings — published 1943 — 469 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anthem 3.61 avg rating — 166,459 ratings — published 1938 — 1289 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We the Living 3.96 avg rating — 30,721 ratings — published 1936 — 155 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism by Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (Contributor) 3.56 avg rating — 15,008 ratings — published 1961 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Атлант розправив плечі. Частина перша: Несуперечність by Ayn Rand, Айн Ренд, Артур Переверзєв (Translator) 4.24 avg rating — 5,509 ratings — published 1957 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead 4.10 avg rating — 4,998 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan 3.90 avg rating — 4,416 ratings — published 1946 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Атлант розправив плечі. Частина друга: Або - або by Ayn Rand, Софія Андрухович (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 3,405 ratings — published 1957 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Romantic Manifesto 3.76 avg rating — 3,515 ratings — published 1969 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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2015 3rd Quarter Long Read Poll, July-September

1605, Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. 982 pages

12 votes, 28.6%

1901, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, 731 pages

10 votes, 23.8%

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904 pages

3 votes, 7.1%

1915, Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pages

3 votes, 7.1%

1981, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, 647 pages

3 votes, 7.1%

1847, Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 867 pages

3 votes, 7.1%

1920, The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy, 872 pages

2 votes, 4.8%

1982, North and South by John Jakes, 812 pages

2 votes, 4.8%

1943, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, 720 pages

2 votes, 4.8%

1984, Lincoln by Gore Vidal, 672 pages

1 vote, 2.4%

1972, Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell, 816 pages

1 vote, 2.4%

42 total votes

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