Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A: Literary Touchstone ClassicDescribes the early life of Stephen Dedalus: significant memories from infancy, schooldays, family life, his first taste of sin, guilt, repentance-- and his passage to freedom as he elects to leave Ireland forever. |
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