The Early Ayn Rand

This remarkable, newly revised collection of Ayn Rand's early fiction—including her previously unpublished short story The Night King—ranges from beginner's exercises to excerpts from early versions of We the Living and The Fountainhead.The Early Ayn RandPreface to the Revised Edition
Introduction

Part I: The Twenties
The Husband I Bought
The Night King
Good Copy
Escort
Her Second Career

Part II: The Early Thirties
Red Pawn
We the Living (Unpublished Excerpts)
"No"
Kira's Viking
Ideal

Part III: The Late Thirties
Think Twice
The Fountainhead (Unpublished Excerpts)
Vesta Dunning
Roark and Cameron
The Simplest Thing in the World

Born February 2, 1905, Ayn Rand published her first novel, We the Living, in 1936. Anthem followed in 1938. It was with the publication of The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957) that she achieved her spectacular success. Rand’s unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a worldwide audience. The fundamentals of her philosophy are put forth in three nonfiction books, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, The Virtues of Selfishness, and Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. They are all available in Signet editions, as is the magnificent statement of her artistic credo, The Romantic Manifesto.