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Night of January 16th

Name: Night of January 16th
ISBN: 9780452264861

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Ayn Rand

Penguin Publishing Group · Ebook · January 1, 1971

Reading lane: Playwriting

The definitive edition of Ayn Rand's famous play, incorporating the author's final changes.

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A Man to Judge

A drama frames one man's rise and destruction through sharply divided views of his character.

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Contrasting portraits of a brilliant, ruthless man
A play that puts the verdict in your hands

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Questions of human strength and weakness
A final say left to the reader

Book Details

Authors: Ayn Rand
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: January 1, 1971
Format: Ebook
Theme: Playwriting · African American Plays
Reading lane: Playwriting

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American Plays
Plays by Women
Playwriting

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The definitive edition of Ayn Rand's famous play, incorporating the author's final changes. On one level, Night of January 16th is a totally gripping drama about the rise and destruction of a brilliant and ruthless man. On a deeper level, it is a superb dramatic objectification of Ayn Rand's vision of human strength and weakness. Since its original Broadway success, it has achieved vast worldwide popularity and acclaim. To the world, he was a startlingly successful international tycoon, head of a vast financial empire. To his beautiful secretary-mistress, he was a god-like hero to be served with her mind, soul and body. To his aristocratic young wife, he was an elemental force of nature to be tamed. To his millionaire father-in-law, he was a giant whose single error could be used to destroy him. What kind of man was Bjorn Faulkner? Only you, the reader, can decide.