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The Art of Fiction : A Guide for Writers and Readers
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The Art of Fiction : A Guide for Writers and Readers Paperback - 2000

by Rand, Ayn

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  • Title The Art of Fiction : A Guide for Writers and Readers
  • Author Rand, Ayn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000-01-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5311502-6
  • ISBN 9780452281547 / 0452281547
  • Weight 0.36 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.01 x 5.3 x 0.42 in (20.35 x 13.46 x 1.07 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Fiction - Authorship
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99035588
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.3

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Summary

In 1958, Ayn Rand, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, gave a private series of extemporaneous lectures in her own living room on the art of fiction. Tore Boeckmann and Leonard Peikoff for the first time now bring readers the edited transcript of these exciting personal statements. The Art of Fiction offers invaluable lessons, in which Rand analyzes the four essential elements of fiction: theme, plot, characterization, and style. She demonstrates her ideas by dissecting her best-known works, as well as those of other famous authors, such as Thomas Wolfe, Sinclair Lewis, and Victor Hugo. An historic accomplishment, this compendium will be a unique and fascinating resource for both writers and readers of fiction.

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About the author

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.

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