In 1949, with a burning desire to buy a new dress but no money to her name, a young girl named Connie Papurt wrote to her famous aunt and asked to borrow $25.

Her aunt was novelist Ayn Rand, and Miriam Margoyles joined us at London's Royal Albert Hall in October 2022 to read Rand's reply.

Letter: “Ayn Rand to Connie Papurt, 22nd May 1949” by Ayn Rand. Used by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd. Copyright © 1997 All Rights reserved.