The Fountainhead

The FountainheadThe 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

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Published: 09/01/1996
ISBN: 9780451191151
Pages: 704
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.20w x 1.70d

Review Citations: Newsweek 11/02/2009 pg. 54

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 12784 / Fountainhead
Reading Level: 7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 53