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Ayn Rand

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

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Author

Ayn Rand

Pages

752

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

2005-04-26

ISBN

1101137185 9781101137185

Ratings

Google: 5

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"Worth the lengthy time investment"

Hannah Morris

"Great short dystopian read by a classic author. "

Jamie Publicover

"Ayn Rand blows"

dws

"This classic can be read over and over again. "

Lisa Morris

"So here’s my thing, this book is from the 40s so that is something you have to keep in mind. But it’s also so badly written. Dialogue isn’t formatted right and all of the women in the book are boiled down to their ability to provide for a man or their defiance of men. It’s basically 730 pages of hating women and tearing down women while men become caricatures of capitalism."

robin

"“To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?”"

Regina Simmons

"I shouldn't really mark this as read since I didn't actually make it through it all. I quit pretty early on, which is unusual for me. To each their own, I guess, but I thoroughly hated this book."

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Rebekah Travis

"I had to read this book for my senior English class in high school, which immediately made me think I wouldn't like it. Boy, was I wrong. I completely devoured this book and couldn't get enough of it. The characters all represent such extremes, which also makes this book a very easy essay topic once you dissect the four main characters a bit."