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
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.