Classic Novels: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Join us to discuss James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (#45 on our list). Amazon explained that the book "is the semi-autobiographical portrayal of James Joyce’s early upbringing as an Irish Catholic in late 19th century and early 20th century Dublin." Barnes & Noble says Joyce's "literary experiments in form and structure, language and content, signaled the modernist movement and continue to influence writers today." Read more about the book here.

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