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The Fountainhead

By: Ayn Rand
Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
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 One of the 20th century's most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion. The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powerfully illustrated through three characters: Howard Roarke, the genius who is resented because he creates purely for the delight of his own work and on no other terms; Gail Wynand, the newspaper mogul and self-made millionaire whose power was bought by sacrificing his ideals to the lowest common denominator of public taste; and Dominique Francon, the devastating beauty whose desperate search for meaning has been twisted, through despair, into a quest to destroy the single object of her desire: Howard Roarke. Dramatic, poetic, and demanding, The Fountainhead remains one of the towering books on the contemporary intellectual scene.©1943 The Bobbs-Merrill Company; 1968 Ayn Rand; 1993 Leonard Peikoff (P)1994 Blackstone Audio Inc. Classics Thought-Provoking Inspiring

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"Ayn Rand is a writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly." ( New York Times Book Review)
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Makes you re-evaluate your entire existence. A must listen for every individual. Expertly performed.

Life-changing

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Beautifully written prose, coupled with deep insight. The ideas found within will no doubt challenge; but nothing important comes easy.

More important now than ever

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the characters are unique, distinct and grey in thier behaviour, the plot and storyline makes it highly engaging read or listen..enjoyed it throughly

highly engaging narration & storyline

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Original and unbelievablely insightful depiction of a true hero. Thank you Ayn Rand for this magnificent work.

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the fountainhead will challenge what you think makes you move it is a transformative book

will challenge you

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