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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

(riverrun editions)
By James Joyce
Series: riverrun editions
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'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man begins with one of the most arresting opening sentences in literature,' Patrick McGuinness, from his Preface. A Portrait first appeared in instalments in the modernist magazine The Egoist in 1914, before it came out as a book... Read More
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man begins with one of the most arresting opening sentences in literature,' Patrick McGuinness, from his Preface.

A Portrait first appeared in instalments in the modernist magazine The Egoist in 1914, before it came out as a book in 1916, the year of the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. An autobiographical 'coming of age' story, A Portrait is Joyce's first novel.

Many elements of Joyce's own life—his Catholic schooling, his family circumstances, and his father's financial difficulties, as well as his sexual, political, and artistic awakenings—are fictionalised, and in it, he skilfully extends the English language. The novel opens with a child's voice rendered by a third-person narrator and closes with the mature Stephen's first-person reflections.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529424393

Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: riverrun

Contributors:

  • Contributions by Patrick McGuinness
  • Contributions by Patrick McGuinness

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 256

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Fiction General Fiction James Joyce Literary Fiction Series: riverrun editions

About the Author

James Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet and short story writer. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1882.

Joyce was one of the most respected writers of the 20th century and his landmark book, Ulysses, is often hailed as one of the finest novels ever written.

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