| Edition |
Centennial edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 734 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1943. |
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Introduction by author "New York, May 1968"--page xiii. |
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Afterword by Leonard Peikoff dated March 1992 includes seven pages of selected entries from the author's journals and include her first sketches of the characters mainly done in 1937. |
| Summary |
Here is the story of an intransigent young architect, Howard Roark, of his violent battle against a mindless status quo, and of his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who worships him yet struggles to defeat him. In order to build his kind of buildings according to his own standards, Roark must fight against every variant of human corruption. |
| Contents |
Peter Keating -- Ellsworth M. Toohey -- Gail Wynand -- Howard Roark. |
| Subject |
Architects -- Fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
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Individualism -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction. ‡2 fast ‡0 (OCoLC)fst01726481
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Didactic fiction. ‡2 fast ‡0 (OCoLC)fst01726584
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| ISBN |
0452286751 |
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9780452286757 |
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9780452286375 |
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