A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Classic fiction, General fiction
Summary
James Joyce s first novel hailed as one of the greatest works of the twentieth century about a young Irishman s growth into artistic adulthood A semiautobiographical story mirroring Joyce s 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 Stephen s 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 family s finances dwindle Joyce details young Stephen s encounters with the Catholic Church Irish politics sexual experimentation and coming-of-age in the twentieth century This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices