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The Fountainhead | 
 enlarge | Author: Ayn Rand
Creator: Christopher Hurt
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $44.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  962 reviews
Sales Rank: 131254
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 26
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 1433207044
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9781433207044
ASIN: 1433207044
Publication Date: December 1, 2007
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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.
Product Description
Arguably the century's most challenging novel of ideas, The Fountainhead is the story of a gifted young architect, his violent battle with conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with the beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. In his fight for success, he first discovers then rejects the seductive power of fame and money, finding that, in the end, creative genius must triumph. The Fountainhead is at once dramatic, poetic, and demanding. A statement of principles for its author, the novel champions the cause of individualism and remains one of the towering books on the contemporary intellectual scene.
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 Very bad DIscs August 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The fountaun head is a great piece of Ayn Rand's work.
However I had trouble with 2 of the 6 discs I listened too. Returned the full set to Amazon.
Amazon got me a replacement set in nothing flat. Excellent service there. The replacement New set has 4 bad out of the 12 I have listened too. Its going back as well.
The manufaturer of these Audio books needs some new equipment of Quality control.
 Attractive Book August 3, 2008
At first sight, i never thought I would like this book or read it like i'm in that world; but, i did. I was in and did not want to come out, for reasons i, myself, can't explain. it's a great book of mysterious power to suck the readers into the vacuum of its world.
Excellent Book! July 12, 2008
This is an excellent story that will keep you entertained the whole way through! The reader does a great job of doing different voices for characters which is also amusing to listen to. It will not disappoint!
no atlas shrugged July 9, 2008
this book is not on the same level of entertainment as atlas shrugged, but i did still very much enjoy it. i find myself aggreeing with what ayn rand writes and find her philosophy very interesting and compelling
clearly this book appeals to the masses July 4, 2008
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
If this book is so appealing to the masses (as it certainly seems to be) doesn't that mean the book itself is the opposite of its message?
Or if you are one of the people who enjoyed this book can you stand the irony that you are the type of person she is mocking in this book?
i can't tell you the number of whiny, uninteresting no-talents i have met who have recommended this book and consider it validation for why the world doesn't understand or appreciate them.
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