The Fountainhead (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alisa (Alice) Rosenbaum
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Parable
- Time of Work: 1922-1930’s
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Howard Roark, Peter Keating, Ellsworth Toohey, Catherine Halsey, Guy Francon, Dominique Francon, Gail Wynand
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Values, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Love or romance, New York City, 1920’s, 1930’s, Individuality, Trials, Ethics, Success or failure, Conformity, Architecture or architects, Public housing
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story:
Howard Roark was expelled from architectural school because he had no respect for copying the past. Peter Keating, one of the favorite students at the school, frequently persuaded Roark to help him with his assignments. Roark decided to go to New York City to work for Henry Cameron, a once-respected but now renegade architect who shared Roark’s ideals. Keating took a job with the firm of Guy Francon, a powerful and influential architect who believed in copying classic buildings. After Cameron’s business failed, Keating hired Roark, but the job did not last long....
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