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The Fountainhead
Introduction to the Book
When it was first published in 1943, THE FOUNTAINHEAD_ containing Ayn Rand's daringly original literary vision with the seeds of her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivism-won 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 edition of The Fountainhead, celebrating the controversial and enduring legacy of its author, features an afterword by Rand's literary executor, Leonard Peikoff, offering some of Ayn Rand's personal notes on the development of her masterwork, and a Reader's Guide to her writings and philosophy.
Author Bio
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-American writer and philosopher.She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful and two Broadway plays, Rand achieved fame with her 1943 novel The Fountainhead. In 1957, she published her best-selling work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, until her death in 1982, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays.
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