We the Living (1936)

We The Living cover Set in Soviet Russia, this is Ayn Rand’s first and most autobiographical novel. Its theme is: “the individual against the state, the supreme value of a human life and the evil of the totalitarian state that claims the right to sacrifice it.”

Listen to an audiobook excerpt from Chapter One.

Listen to an audiobook excerpt from the end of Chapter One.

Coming soon:

Audio course on We the Living.