--- product_id: 75819825 title: "The Fountainhead" price: "E£ 1391" currency: EGP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/75819825-the-fountainhead store_origin: EG region: Egypt --- # The Fountainhead **Price:** E£ 1391 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Fountainhead - **How much does it cost?** E£ 1391 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.eg](https://www.desertcart.com.eg/products/75819825-the-fountainhead) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description 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 Review: Review on printing quality - Printing is good old book type. Ordered from seller retailez . Good delivery not provided any bubble wrap or something but I got it undamaged and spine is great corners are right not wrinkled. Good quality pages wrt price. Word printing is slightly small but readable . No issues . Not dissatisfied by quality and delivery. Try to buy from seller who has over 50K reviews. High chances you will get best product. Sometimes price may vary from 20 30 rs extra but it's worth investing rather than disappointing. So this was quick review on quality. I will write full review after reading it so. That's all . Review: Brilliant story around a Man how a Man should be.. - The story portraying a Man how a Man should be.. In the form of a creative thinker and an innovator, self joyous, independent from the second hand opinions and desires, self sustained and free of all kinds of second hand suffering.. The protagonist is a individual architect who designs a building with all his spirit, unaltered by second hand opinions and thought process.. A man who knows only to give the best of himself to the cause he is best at.. To not surrender to the world in manner of winning hearts of the mob, but to keep his soul out for the cause.. For the cause of betterment of mankind and its progree forward.. He is best at what he does.. The world opposes him just as it opposed all the innovators through ages.. Wheel, Sun, Fire, and so on... All the first hand thinkers are made to suffer by this world... People make him suffer.. but the Man is beyond all the suffering the world can impart on him.. He knows the best what to expect from this majorly unworthy world.. He sticks around till the end with his selfless integrity and soul.. And he wins just as such person should win through time.. He is not dependent on any other man for his joy or other's acknowledgement.. Just keeps on doing what is best for the Mankind.. Just what a Man should be.. Other few like minded people stick along his crusade.. Giving meaning to their own lives.. The Man wins just as a Man with such callibre and attitude towrds Life should.. Wonderful story with a wonderful philosophy.. Must read.. ## Features - New American Library - You can gift it to your friend - Compact for travelling ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,081 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #41 in Classic Fiction (Books) #81 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 11,656 Reviews | ## Images ![The Fountainhead - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Ifqv8AHfL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review on printing quality *by M***I on 9 February 2025* Printing is good old book type. Ordered from seller retailez . Good delivery not provided any bubble wrap or something but I got it undamaged and spine is great corners are right not wrinkled. Good quality pages wrt price. Word printing is slightly small but readable . No issues . Not dissatisfied by quality and delivery. Try to buy from seller who has over 50K reviews. High chances you will get best product. Sometimes price may vary from 20 30 rs extra but it's worth investing rather than disappointing. So this was quick review on quality. I will write full review after reading it so. That's all . ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant story around a Man how a Man should be.. *by M***R on 21 January 2023* The story portraying a Man how a Man should be.. In the form of a creative thinker and an innovator, self joyous, independent from the second hand opinions and desires, self sustained and free of all kinds of second hand suffering.. The protagonist is a individual architect who designs a building with all his spirit, unaltered by second hand opinions and thought process.. A man who knows only to give the best of himself to the cause he is best at.. To not surrender to the world in manner of winning hearts of the mob, but to keep his soul out for the cause.. For the cause of betterment of mankind and its progree forward.. He is best at what he does.. The world opposes him just as it opposed all the innovators through ages.. Wheel, Sun, Fire, and so on... All the first hand thinkers are made to suffer by this world... People make him suffer.. but the Man is beyond all the suffering the world can impart on him.. He knows the best what to expect from this majorly unworthy world.. He sticks around till the end with his selfless integrity and soul.. And he wins just as such person should win through time.. He is not dependent on any other man for his joy or other's acknowledgement.. Just keeps on doing what is best for the Mankind.. Just what a Man should be.. Other few like minded people stick along his crusade.. Giving meaning to their own lives.. The Man wins just as a Man with such callibre and attitude towrds Life should.. Wonderful story with a wonderful philosophy.. Must read.. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ REVIEW ABOUT DIFFERENT EDITION *by H***S on 2 September 2018* THERE ARE SO MANY REVIEWS ABOUT CONTENT OF THE BOOK. HERE I AM SHARING DETAILS ABOUT DIFFERENT EDITION OF THIS BOOK. THERE are GENERALLY 4 TYPES OF EDITION . ( PHYSICAL BOOKS ) 1) MASS MARKET PAPERBACK 2) PAPERBACK 3) HARDCOVER 4) LIBRARY BINDING THE SURPRISING PART IS THAT THE FOUNTAINHEAD HAVE 730 PAGES. AND ALL EDITION CONTAIN SAME NUMBER OF PAGES.( GENERALLY THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE) 1) MASS MARKET PAPERBACK :- A Mass market paperback is very small size book. published by publisher too decrease the cost of production and final price. HERE THE mrp is 400 rs. for 730 pages , and because of this the quality of the book is very low . and also the main problem is FONT which is very very very small ,( because large content in very small book) . so for fountainhead i do not suggest you to buy this edition.(there are some other mass market paperback of different books are available , but font in those books are good like 'to kill a mockingbird') ISBN :- 978-0451191151 2) PAPERBACK :- paperbacks are general sized book. the size varies with publishers . but for penguin it is generally 19.6 cm long and 12.7 cm width. there are two different editions according to two different Contries. USA And UK. first one is fountainhead published by penguin uk modern classics. i prefer this edition to purchase. because the size is large compare mass market paperback and have 19.6 cm length and 13 cm width. The font is small but compare to mass market paperback , font is good. The paper quality is also good.(not great) binding is also good. But the main thing is price. Price is great . This edition is available for 200 to 400 rs. Which is great thing because book is printed in UK. ( Indian printing is cheap) The us edition was published by PLUME. The size is large compare to UK paperback. But the price is very high . You have to import the book. So I suggest you don't go for this Edition. ISBN Penguin UK edition :- 978-0141188621 ISBN USA PLUME edition :- 9780452273337 3) HARDCOVER :- the Hardcovers are generally most expensive one .because of sewn binding and hard cover. The fountainhead Hardcover edition is published by Penguin USA under centennial Hardcover edition. The book is big . But contain same no. Of pages. So if you are in love with the fountainhead and want to collect it then go for this edition.for this you have to search " Ayn Rand Hardcover" on amazon.in ( otherwise you will not find this book ) this will cost you -between 1000 to 2000. You can also import this edition from Amazon.co.uk ISBN Hardcover Edition:-978-0452286757 4) Library Binding :- These are Mass market paperback in the cloths of low quality Hard Cover. So here , soft cover of a mass market paperback is Removed and then a low quality Hard cover is attached to same mass market paperback. This is done by third party . In the case of fountainhead it is done by TURTLEBACK book. Do not go for this edition. As they are made from mass market paperback .fonts are too small. And too close. this edition does not deserve ISBN , waste of money In short best value for money edition is penguin uk edition. Penguin uk edition link The Fountainhead (Penguin Modern Classics) https://www.amazon.in/dp/0141188626/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9APJBb3V66CH6 Thank You. Images 1) comparison of mass market paperback and paperback 2) fountainhead uk 3) fountainhead Plume USA 4) library binding 5) hardcover 6) comparison of massmarket paperback , paperback and hardcover. 7) aboslutely brilliant edition p.s. :- the font in THE UK edition is also small, but compare to mass market paperback fonts are good. this problem is because of the content,that is the content of the book is very large, so if a publisher decides to publish this book with big fonts, the book will easily take 1100-1200 pages . and in that case , the book may become very expensive. edit 1 :- I Purchased hardcover edition of ATLAS SHRUGGED And it is absolutely brilliant , in all aspects. ( image 6 and 7 ) there is another paperback edition of The Fountainhead. which is published in USA . have similar cover and size same as hardcover. 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