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Rand's intention was to write a novel that was less overtly political than We the Living, to avoid being " considered a ' one-theme ' author ".

As she developed the story, she began to see more political meaning in the novel's ideas about individualism.

Rand also initially planned to introduce each chapter with a quote from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, whose ideas had influenced her own intellectual development.

However, she eventually decided that Nietzsche's ideas were too different from her own.

The quotes were not placed in the published novel, and she edited the final manuscript to remove other allusions to him.