The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
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Here is the story of an intransigent young architect, Howard Roark, of his violent battle against a mindless status quo, and of his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who worships him yet struggles to defeat him. In order to build his kind of buildings according to his own standards, Roark must fight against every variant of human corruption.
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Fiction, Architects, Individualism, Man-woman relationships, Psychology, Philosophical literature, Object (Philosophy), Didactic fiction, Love stories, Objectivism (Philosophy), Classic Literature, open_syllabus_project, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Psychological fiction, Literature, history and criticismPlaces
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The fountainhead
1993, Penguin Books, Signet
in English
- 50th anniversary ed.
0451191153 9780451191151
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The Fountainhead
June 1979, MacMillan Publishing Company
Hardcover
in English
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0026009102 9780026009102
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The Fountainhead
September 1, 1961, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Paperback
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Book Details
First Sentence
"HOWARD ROARK laughed."
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Centennial Edition Hardcover
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The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand. It was Rand's first major literary success and brought her fame and financial success. More than 6.5 million copies of the book have been sold worldwide.
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