A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a novel written by the Irish writer James Joyce. It was first printed as a book in 1916. It tells the story of Stephen Dedalus, a young man who is trying to be a writer in Dublin. The story begins from his childhood and ends with him deciding to go to Paris and leave Dublin, his hometown, to become a writer.

The book is written in a new style of writing called stream of consciousness. Therefore, the beginning of the book is very simple while the later parts become less simple. It shows how, when a person grows up, the language he or she uses becomes more and more complex.

A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man Media

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  James Joyce, 1 photographic print, b&w, cartes-de-visites, 9.2 x 6.1 on mount 10.5 x 6.5 cm.

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  James Joyce playing a guitar

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  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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  Stephen Dedalus has an aesthetic epiphany along Dollymount Strand.

Other websites

• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at Project Gutenberg
• Searchable, self-referential edition of Portrait, with concordance Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
• SparkNotes study guide
• The Literature Network
• Bibliomania
• Google Earth Placeset for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Archived 2008-02-01 at the Wayback Machine