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The compelling, semiautobiographical story of an artist and his relationship to his culture, his family, and his inner self.
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Review
"No reason in that why England should not do justice to Ireland, but excellent reason for bearing in mind that these bright-green young people across the Channel are something quite different form the liberal English in training and tradition, and absolutely set against helping them. No single book has ever shown how different they are, as completely as this most memorable novel."
H.G. Wells, The New Republic, 1916 (read )
Synopsis
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": The sensitively orchestrated story of Stephen Dedalus, a young artist who rebels against his family, his education, and his country by committing himself to the artistic life.