Now her philosophy—the virtue
of selfishness—helps readers
chart a path to true love. _________________

"There is no other book on the market
[that I know of] that can compete with
the ideas presented here to help
you achieve a successful romantic life."

"..reading it I couldn't help but look back
on my past relationships and think 'I wish
I had this book then.'"

AYN RAND, whose writings and philosophy have inspired millions of people the world over and inspired the authors to create this book, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905. She was eyewitness to both the Kerensky Revolution, which she supported, and—in 1917—the Bolshevik Revolution, which she denounced.

     She graduated from the University of Petrograd in 1924 after experiencing the disintegration of free inquiry and a communist takeover of the university. Soon after, she traveled to the United States to visit relatives in New York City, spent six months with relatives in Chicago, and then left for Hollywood to pursue a career as a screenwriter.

     She sold her first screenplay, “Red Pawn,” to Universal Pictures in 1932 and saw her first stage play, "Night of January 16th," produced in Hollywood and then on Broadway. Her first novel, We the Living, based on her years living under Soviet tyranny, was published in 1936 in the U.S. and England.

     Her next work was an anti-collectivist novelette, Anthem, followed by the phenomenally successful The Fountainhead which earned her lasting recognition as a champion of individualism.

     Her last work of fiction, Atlas Shrugged, was published in 1957 and is considered her greatest achievement, dramatizing her philosophy in an intellectual mystery story that integrated ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex.

     Thereafter, Ayn Rand wrote and lectured on her philosophy—Objectivism—which she characterized as “a philosophy for living on earth.” She published and edited her own periodicals from 1962 to 1976, including essays which provided much of the material for her six books on Objectivism, including The Virtue of Selfishness. Ayn Rand died on March 6, 1982, in her New York City apartment.