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The Fountainhead | "Ayn Rand's Neurotic Personalities of Our Times"

In the following essay, Deane praises the psychological realism of the characters in Rand's novel.

The philosophy of Ayn Rand Objectivism, has been subject to intensive analysis and discussion. Interest in her theories has led critics to overlook largely her work as novelist. While it may fairly be said that her plots, except for We the Living, are amorphous and loose, that there is endless repetition in Atlas Shrugged, and that characters are generally two-dimensional vehicles for ideas, in The Fountainhead she has been almost totally successful in creating...

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