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The Fountainhead Mass Market Paperback – September 1, 1996

by Ayn Rand (Author), Leonard Peikoff (Afterword)

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The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim.

This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite...of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy...and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was then, Rand’s provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction—that man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress...

“A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly...This is the only novel of ideas written by an American woman that I can recall.”—The New York Times

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The Fountainhead has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. The confrontation of those themes, along with the amazing stroke of Rand's writing, combine to give this book its enduring influence. --This text refers to the MP3 CD edition.

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Mass Market Paperback: 720 pages
Publisher: Signet; 25 Anv edition (September 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451191153
ISBN-13: 978-0451191151
Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.5 x 6.9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 2,081 customer reviews
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The Fountainhead, A Changing Life Classic

ByLuanneon October 24, 2015

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The Fountainhead is the most profound book I have ever read in years. I read it when it back when I was in college and it definitely changed my outlook on life. It taught me the importance of valuing an individual's opinion whether it goes against the majority opinion or not. (That's putting it simply.) To this point there have been only a few other books that that have come close to writings of Ayn Rand, such as the Alchemist. Hollywood tried to make a movie depicting the nature of Fountainhead and of course, it did not do it justice. It is a must read.

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The Fountainhead was an interesting character study in individualism vs ...

ByAshley Santanaon July 19, 2017

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The Fountainhead was an interesting character study in individualism vs. conformity. It is not an adventure story or story focused on plot points or characters evolving, rather it is about philosophical points that Ayn Rand wanted to make through her characters.

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The Fountainhead - A Timeless Classic.

BySeattleiteon May 23, 2017

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Ayan Rand was a genius at her craft. Whether one agrees with her philosophies is a secondary aspect to enjoying her razor-sharp perception of human behavior, articulately portrayed in her characters. Her protagonist is a beautifully-defined antithesis of the status-quo, and a representation of the ideal man with a self-contained individuality and his own unique, unshakeable principles. I loved it!

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I enjoy her writing

ByMax Snookon November 27, 2015

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A book that I have come to expect from Ayn. I enjoy her writing. It is most interesting that as an atheist she cannot seem to really leave religion alone and there are comments concerning it throughout the book. Her views flavor her writings and sadly she is quite ignorant of religions matters. I would say that is typical of atheistic writers. Nevertheless, I read her because she has an intriguing way of developing a plot and her characters. It is sad that we do not pay more attention to her insights into socialism as it begins to permeate our own country. She could teach us something. It is obvious her hatred for communism and socialism. I am not sure how much more of her writings I will read but I have enjoyed them.

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The best novel I ever read - Even though I do not agree with Objectivism

ByRazoron November 4, 2012

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After reading through the comments (especially a lot of the "one stars"), it basically seems like the cult of personality surrounding Rand and her philosophies has led to the heated reviews of this book. It seems to me that a lot of people are raving about how brilliant her ideas are (because they agree with her) or how terrible she is (because they disagree with her). While this is fine, my comment will simply address THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK as someone who picked it up without knowing anything about Ayn Rand and as someone writing a review strictly from what I read.

While I do not agree with Rand's overall philosophies, I will simply say this: This is the best written novel I have ever read with an enchanting and complicated story. Yes, the characters are unrealistic caricatures of the philosophies they represent. The book is an allegory - it's supposed to be that way. All allegories from all philosophers I've ever read (as someone studying philosophy in university) are this way. The characters represent ideas in process of framing the philosophy of Objectivism.

The book is long, and with a full course load in college it took about four months to read. Even if you think the ideas are crazy, it is still a brilliant and tasteful story that is filled with insightful allegories. The writing flows beautifully.

On a final note, I must include that I learned a lot about architecture from this book. It really helped me appreciate the design and effort that goes into the buildings I enter every week and helped me see beautiful art in everyday life. It also got me started in a rudimentary ability to recognize certain styles in architecture - which is in and of itself something priceless to walk away from a book with.

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From the lowest form of disgust to an ongoing struggle to rise and maintain a ...

ByMichaelon January 15, 2017

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The Fountainhead is an involved intriguing dialect of humans characteristics. From the lowest form of disgust to an ongoing struggle to rise and maintain a personal poise.
At times the narrative's details and descriptions are longwinded. The book brings out one's personal feelings. As a way of examining one's own values and principles.

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Another great philosophical story that exposes the evils eating away the soul of a free society

ByHeidi Salavaon July 13, 2015

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I just finished reading "The Fountainhead" and found it a much easier read that Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged".

While "Atlas" had the tendency to drone on long after you got the point, there was none of that in "Fountainhead".

The overall story is the same however, and I wish more people would read this and comprehend the fallacies of the conventional "wisdom" with which they live their lives. This is a story of pure freedom of choice and illustrates the cancer that is liberalism of today. While on the surface it is dated and seems like a book about architecture, it is no more about that than "Atlas Shrugged" is about railroads and steel mills. The real story is about holding fast to the principles of freedom and exposing the decay of collectivism.

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Beautifully written and engaging

ByK.A.I.on June 6, 2016

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I've read only two of Ayn Rand's books, this and Atlas Shrugged, and by far, I prefer The Fountainhead. In both, Rand's characters represent certain ideals or stereotypes, but while these characters remain one-dimensional in AS, all of them basically one of two types, in The Fountainhead, her characters are complex, multi-dimensional and varied, and the various stories within the main storyline are all interesting and well-developed. Yes, she created characters and a story here to present her world/political views — and she absolutely pulled it off. Beautifully written and engaging.

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Nice quality for a paper back

Nice quality for a paper back. Font is a little small but I'm a grown up and can deal with it.

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It took me awhile to get through this book and I probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they were a huge Ayn ...

Not even close to Atlas Shrugged. It took me awhile to get through this book
and I probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they were a huge Ayn Rand fan

Published 4 days ago by dana

Five Stars

Another classic Ayn Rand cautionary tale

Published 6 days ago by American Rider

It's content is much game-playing and manipulation and some passages I'd have to read over and over to get the just of the message & then realized that I hated the hurtfulness that was intended

I don't know what to say as I'd get so angry at some of the characters and wanted to throw the book against the wall;; however, I was compelled to get back to it.Read more

Published 8 days ago by Joyce

Book is of course fantastic. You buy a hardcover book to put on ...

Book is of course fantastic. You buy a hardcover book to put on your bookshelf as a long term addition to your collection / decor.Read more

Published 8 days ago by Amazon_Customer

Awesome work

Masterpiece!

Published 8 days ago by John Burleson

Four Stars

Good novel but not as good as Atlas Shrugged.

Published 9 days ago by Tulio B

Love the author

A good read, not as preachy as Atlas Shrugged, but the ending wasn't as satisfying. Third Rand title I've read, and I'll continue to read her work.

Published 16 days ago by J Prosser

A Very Unique Novel - A Good Reading And Thinking Experience - Some Adult Content

"The Fountainhead" is a so called philisophical novel published during World War II. It is a rather sprawling novel about the struggle of individualism verses...Read more

Published 20 days ago by FCD117

Ayn Rand truly understood how socialism, political correctness, ...

Ayn Rand truly understood how socialism, political correctness, and other cultural cancers would start to degrade our society.Read more

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