A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics)

by James Joyce

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1916

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Dublin, Ireland

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Stephen Dedalus

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The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (The Board's List, 3)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (The Reader's List, 57)

Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century (14)

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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0140155031, Paperback)

Masterpiece of semi-autobiographical fiction reveals a powerful portrait of the coming of age of a young man of unusual intelligence, sensitivity, and character. Telling portrayals of an Irish upbringing and schooling, the Catholic Church and its priesthood, Parnell and Irish politics, sexual experimentation and its aftermath, and problems with art and morality.

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