28 Facts About The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success.

The Fountainhead's believes that non-conformity has no chance of winning, so she alternates between helping Roark and working to undermine him.

The Fountainhead recommends Roark to Hopton Stoddard, a wealthy acquaintance who wants to build a Temple of the Human Spirit.

The Fountainhead's marries Keating and turns herself over to him, doing and saying whatever he wants, and actively persuading potential clients to hire him instead of Roark.

The character of Howard Roark, the protagonist of The Fountainhead, was the first instance where she believed she had achieved this.

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The Fountainhead's denied that Wright had anything to do with the philosophy expressed by Roark or the events of the plot.

The Fountainhead loves painting, but his mother steers him toward architecture instead.

The Fountainhead becomes a social climber, focused on improving his career and social standing using a combination of personal manipulation and conformity to popular styles.

The Fountainhead follows a similar path in his private life: he chooses a loveless marriage to Dominique instead of marrying the woman he loves—who lacks Dominique's beauty and social connections.

Dominique Francon is the heroine of The Fountainhead, described by Rand as "the woman for a man like Howard Roark".

The Fountainhead is Rand's personification of evil—the most active and self-aware villain in any of her novels.

The Fountainhead's attended a New York lecture by Laski as part of gathering material for the novel, following which she changed the physical appearance of the character to be similar to that of Laski.

Rand began The Fountainhead following the completion of her first novel, We the Living, in 1934.

The Fountainhead's therefore conducted extensive research that included reading many biographies and other books about architecture.

The Fountainhead's worked as an unpaid typist in the office of architect Ely Jacques Kahn.

The Fountainhead's edited the final manuscript to remove the quotes and other allusions to him.

The Fountainhead's completed a stage adaptation of We the Living that ran briefly in 1940.

The Fountainhead's first worked as a volunteer in Wendell Willkie's presidential campaign, and then attempted to form a group for conservative intellectuals.

The Fountainhead's then used a thesaurus and found 'fountainhead' as a synonym.

Rand indicated that the primary theme of The Fountainhead was "individualism versus collectivism, not in politics but within a man's soul".

The Fountainhead's said Dominique wanted and "all but invited" the act, citing, among other things, a passage where Dominique scratches a marble slab in her bedroom to invite Roark to repair it.

The Fountainhead's sold the movie rights to The Fountainhead and returned to Hollywood to write the screenplay for the adaptation.

The Fountainhead attracted a new group of fans who were attracted to its philosophical ideas.

The Fountainhead has continued to have strong sales throughout the last century into the current one.

The Fountainhead has been cited by numerous architects as an inspiration for their work.

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The Fountainhead said The Fountainhead was not only influential among 20th century architects, but it "was one, first, front and center in the life of every architect who was a modern architect".

The Fountainhead's said it was the most faithful adaptation of a novel ever made in Hollywood and a "real triumph".

The Fountainhead's displayed a more negative attitude later, saying she disliked the entire movie and complaining about its editing, acting, and other elements.