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The Fountainhead

Pages
720
Published
1943
Language
English

Synopsis

Howard Roark, a brilliant and uncompromising architect, refuses to bend his artistic vision to the will of others. His struggle against conformity and mediocrity plays out against a backdrop of personal and professional battles, exploring the nature of integrity and the price of individualism.

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About the author

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Ayn Rand

Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum;[a] February 2, [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (/aɪn/), was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. She wrote a play that opened on Broadway in 1935. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful, she achieved fame with her 1943...

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Howard RoarkProtagonist
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