The Fountainhead

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Christopher Hurt

Length: 32 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

Critic reviews

"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)

Egotism is trumped by individualism

I heard it a long time ago
What you think of me is none of my business.

How can I learn to do the best thing in the best way possible.

What is my task on Earth. What if you don't like what I have to say or what I'm trying to do?

A short few years ago I read a book called the way of men written by a military man I was sure it was going to be about machismo and bravado. But it really depends on how you look at it doubt it and here were the 4 words that constituted to take home lesson, the same as in the fountain head

Honor, courage, mastery, and strength. In any order.

And each one of those words will mean something different to different to the man who is trying to do the right thing in the right way. 1 man's strength is another man's foolishness.

wonderful audio book

First long audio book of a novel i ever finished in recent 5 years . Highly recommend.

A call to excellence.

The fountain head is a call to excellence. I call to work your hardest and give every day the very best.

It is a repudiation of the selfish alturism of today.

Howard Roarke is the man that every man should want to be.

Amazing!

The narrator captured Ayn Rands fountainhead perfectly!! Couldn’t have asked for better to be honest! 🤩

Great book, very inspiring

The book is making you think and assets yourself and the decision you take everyday and don’t let you get away from it

Another great read from Rand.

Starts off a little slow given the length of the book but very in depth on characters and a look into the thought processes of the time.

Must read

Incredible book that has you routing for Rork the whole time!! The plot has many twists and turns and ends very unexpectedly!

Remarkable book with Viewpoints Never Considered

I’ve always found it hard to find books that I enjoy and really speaks to my soul. So far this author has written numerous books like this that have really opened my eyes and mind to viewpoints I’ve never considered.

Could have been half the length...

I enjoyed the story and the presentation of the ideas it represents, but the latter half of the book feels redundant like a repetition of things already said as though it will give them more weigh in changing someone's mind...

Best Author of All Time

Ayn Rand is one of the best writers of all time. A must read.