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The Fountainhead

Written 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

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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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Marvelous

Loved the book.. This book takes you on a self discovery. You realise so many things at a fundamental level. It is a long book but totally worth it. It might seem odd in the beginning but everything comes to its fruition towards the end and sets you free..

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Good Read

Good Read with lot of unnecessary details, good performance covering all aspects of book and life

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Simple and pure Genius

Everytime I start to read again, I start with this. So while trying audiobooks, I started with this. Just loved the reading of Chris! Simply amazing.

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A must read -

Phenomenal, Great story; Must-read/ listen; crisply read too, kept coming back; simply unputdownable, Thank you

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A Must Read Book!

Absolutely loved it ❤️. The amazing feature of the book is that it definitely makes us think the way we think. Ayn Rand is absolutely my favourite author after this book and her voice behind rationality is very much essential in this era. I further purchased all other Ayn Rand books and I am very much excited to listen to "Atlas Shrugged" now.

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it seemed like a few sentences from the chapters were intermittently missing during the reading

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Storyline, philosophical, Unputdownable

Excellent work of fiction, thought provoking.
Narration speed is a bit fast, at least for me.
I could follow best at 0.9x speed.

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The Fountainhead - amazing work

Ayn Rand amazing exceptional author and equally amazing novel, narration by Chirstopher Hurt is amazing

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Fountainhead revisited on audible

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to the book. Had read the book twice before and the audible helped bring the characters to life. The pace, diction and variance of the narrator along with the timeless subject matter kept me engrossed throughout. A splendid start to my audible experience.

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Good Read

It was lengthy but enjoyed it. Sometimes felt too descriptive but it may be needed to visualise by that time.

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