About this title: Ayn Rand's bestseller tells the story of a staunchly individualist architect (based on Frank Lloyd Wright) who combats the collectivist (i.e., mediocre) impulses of his fellow Americans. The book is both a compulsively readable, steamy novel and an articulation of Rand's views.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: New American Library
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780451191151ISBN:0451191153
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. well used but perfectly readable copy. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 704 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780451158239ISBN:0451158237
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Spine and front cover are creased, pages are unmarked. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: New American Library
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780451191151ISBN:0451191153
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 704 p. Audience: General/trade. Wrap shows moderate wear with rubbing to some spine areas, some creasing and curling outer corners. Few lower page tips creased. read more
Edition: 8th Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet Book, Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780451191151ISBN:0451191153
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners, spine hinge and spine creased/ several pages and page tips creased. read more
Edition: Reissue
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet, New York
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780451118103ISBN:0451118103
Description: Good. No Jacket. Remainder. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. 24h printing with 1968 introduction by the author. Age darkened; spine crease; cover worn, creased & missing upper right corner. No stated ISBN. Remainder mark on upper & lower edges. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0583121268 Paperback book has clean pages and tight binding. No writing or stickers inside or out. Visiblr edge wear from storage. Some creases and rub wear on outside cover. Orders posted same or next business day with email confirmation. Ships from a pet-free, smoke-free warehouse! We ship to APO, FPO. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Description: Good. 0451191153 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Good; somewhat worn; some pages are wavy due to prior exposure to moisture; will work well as a reading copy. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet Books, New York
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780451158239ISBN:0451158237
Description: Very Good + Paperback. 6 3/4h x 4 1/2w. A nice 695 page all-time classic in nice clean condition. This 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, More...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. read more
Description: Very Good. 0451191153 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light discoloration due to aging and other light wear. read more
Edition: 25th anniversary ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. OLDER BOOK WITH FADING AND GENERAL WEAR. BINDING TIGHT. SHIPS QUICKLY. paperback, 695 pages OLDER BOOK WITH FADING AND GENERAL WEAR. BINDING TIGHT. paperback-SHIPS QUICKLY. 25 ANNIVERSARY EDITION. A SIGNET NOVEL #Y3235. PUBLISHED BY NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY-1968-24th printing. COPYRIGHT 1943 Bobbs-Merrill Company. front cover painting by Frank O'Connor. American; Architects; Classics; Didactic fiction; Fiction; General; Individualism; Literary; Literary Criticism; ... read more
"This is a book that has an excellent command of language. It is the type of book which a reader will read over and over--including me. The characters are as up to date today as when the book was written."
"This book was good. I ordered it after I watched the movie about Ayn Rand's life. I also watched the movie The Fountainhead. The book was different than most but good reading."
"I am working my way through the works of Ayn Rand, an author who was mentioned in hushed, scandalized tones when I was a young man...certainly not the kind of book allowed in school libraries. Now that I am a high school teacher, I wish Rand's works were more widely read because of her belief in individualism. The Fountainhead is the story of an uncompromising young architect who sets himself against the establishment, celebrating functional design over slavish imitation and empty ornamentation. The plot is a bit like a Greek tragedy in which the hero's strengths are his greatest liabilities. Roark's refusal to submit to groupthink threatens lesser men who try to destroy him. They fail in part because he is as immune to external condemnation as he is to others' praise. His faith in the rightness of his work is its own reward. Predictable at times, perhaps a bit long, a very good book that makes important points and misses real greatness by very little."
"A book that was difficult to read. From the first pages I disliked all the characters. The supposedly kind characters are portrayed as pushovers and wimps, so equally unfavorable. Rand tries to make you believe that the hero of her story is to be admired. The more characters were introduced the more unlikable and extreme Rand's Objectivism shines through like a dark light. What an obnoxious world she is revering in this story. That is perhaps too unkind. (not that any of Rand's fans would care) I realize I'm not able to understand complete solitude and total disregard for relationships and the importance of community and 'feelings' that connect people together."
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