| The Fountainhead Centennial Edition Contributor(s): Rand, Ayn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452286751 ISBN-13: 9780452286757 Publisher: New American Library OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: A special edition hardcover in celebration of Ayn Rands centennial. When it was first published in 1943, "The Fountainhead"--containing Ayn Rands daringly original literary vision with the seeds of her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivismwon immediate worldwide acclaim. This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. This centennial edition of "The Fountainhead," celebrating the controversial and eduring legacy of its author, features an afterword by Rands literary executor, Leonard Peikoff, offering some of Ayn Rands personal notes on the development of her masterwork. A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.46" W x 9" (2.41 lbs) 752 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12784 Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 53.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim. This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite...of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy...and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was then, Rand's provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction--that man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress... "A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly...This is the only novel of ideas written by an American woman that I can recall."--The New York Times |