The Fountainhead

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Christopher Hurt

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)

life changing.

How to be and how to live, to find purpose and meaning, to selfishly create so that man may benefit. To hold yourself to such integrity and a high standard that the vast majority of others cannot fathom or duplicate.

Not for sensitive readers

This isn’t a book for everyone - it will challenge the reader to think of its contents in a way that they may not have before. Ayn Rand was ahead of her time

Must read in paper format

After few years of listening to my son go on about this book and it’s characters, I decided to give in and listen to it. I have been greatly and pleasantly surprised. The different ideals explained by the writer through the different characters is done so thoroughly and in such fluidity that I was completely immersed in the story line. I must purchase the paper format to go over the key philosophical points and aim to understand them. Thank you Chris

Life Changing

This book was very enjoyable at 1.3x, had a very engaging story, and the most amazing lesson. But you shouldn’t look for anyone’s approval or praise for this book blindly. Read it for yourself, and draw your own conclusions independently

Fantastic read

it was a great book, but i must say I enjoyed atlas shrugged way more. This book carries a lot of the same themes and similar characters as atlas shrugged but didn't have nearly the impact. The ending I must say caught me by surprise, the author leaves a lot of questions and character development on the table for you to figure out for your self.