The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

'The Fountainhead' is one of the greatest books of its time. In it you will meet, head-on, the brilliant young architect Howard Roark. You will witness the beauty, desirability and dangerous ambition of Dominique Francon. You will reel, stunned, like the millions of other readers who have assured this book a place in the century's history, at the meeting, and mating of these two most powerful creatures in modern America. 'The Fountainhead' is about ambition, power, gold and love ? a love so firm that it triumphed over slander, separation, jealousy, and the cruel assaults of those who sought to destroy it.

• ISBN10: 0026009102
• ISBN13: 9780026009102
• Publish Date: 1 May 1985 (first published 12 December 1943)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)
• Imprint: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English

Reviews

[luddite]

I think only the Bible has had a more profound effect on my life than this book.
Masterpiece.

[jeannamichel]

A deep, ravishing plot that will unfold through this piece of artwork. Howard Roark is an architect who loves what he does. Dominque Francon makes it her mission to ruin him- she wounldn't fight so hard if she didn't love him so much. In the world that is run by the Wynand's Papers, a social magazine that lives on scandel, and Ellesworth Toohey, a "second-hander," the people are against Roark. Roark and Francon fight fate, when Francon decides to marry Keating and Wynand. After her divorce, Roark and Francon can not stay apart. Social standing, trails on buildings, and Ellesworth Toohey fight Roark and Francon. Through the entirety of the piece, the reader will get a taste of architectural business and who is on top of the world.
When someone said, "What do you think of me?" Howard Roark would simply say, "I don't think of you." Well, if you asked me what I though of this book- well, I don't think of it. If you can get passed the first 200 pages- which was what took me the most time- then it'll be smooth sailing from there. I love the build-up of the plot throughout the entire piece. When I was reading the book, I felt unreal. It was too long and I felt that if you aren't into architecture then you wouldn't like this book.