James Joyceâs first novel, hailed as one of the greatest works of the twentieth century, about a young Irishmanâs growth into artistic adulthood
A semiautobiographical story mirroring Joyceâs own coming of age, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man begins when Stephen Dedalus is still a young boy. Living with his family in Dublin, Stephenâs first brush with the larger world occurs at boarding school, an unhappy time that he is eager to leave behind. Once home, however, life takes on a somber new tone as his father descends into alcoholism and his familyâs finances dwindle. Joyce details young Stephenâs encounters with the Catholic Church, Irish politics, sexual experimentation, and coming-of-age in the twentieth century.
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