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The Fountainhead Mass market paperbound - 1996

by Ayn Rand; Afterword by Leonard Peikoff


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When The Fountainhead was first published, Ayn Rand's daringly original literary vision and her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivism, won immediate worldwide interest and acclaim. This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. This edition contains a special Afterword by Rand's literary executor, Leonard Peikoff which includes excerpts from Ayn Rand's own notes on the making of The Fountainhead. As fresh today as it was then, here is a novel about a hero--and about those who try to destroy him.

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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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  • Title The Fountainhead
  • Author Ayn Rand; Afterword by Leonard Peikoff
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 720
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Signet Book, New York
  • Date 1996-09-01
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780451191151 / 0451191153
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.7 in (17.53 x 10.67 x 4.32 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 780
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Architects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97818429
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Newsweek, 11/02/2009, Page 54

About the author

Born February 2, 1905, Ayn Rand published her first novel, We the Living, in 1936. Anthem followed in 1938. It was with the publication of The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957) that she achieved her spectacular success. Rand's unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a worldwide audience. The fundamentals of her philosophy are put forth in three nonfiction books, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, The Virtues of Selfishness, and Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. They are all available in Signet editions, as is the magnificent statement of her artistic credo, The Romantic Manifesto.
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