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The Books: “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (James Joyce)

Posted on January 3, 2008 by sheila

Next book on my adult fiction shelves: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – by James Joyce. Now I’ll excerpt from Chapter 5 – the last chapter. Stephen is at university now. His family is poverty-struck and … Continue reading →

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The Books: “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (James Joyce)

Posted on January 2, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – by James Joyce. Now I’ll excerpt from Chapter 4. I’m making this book seem episodic – with the way I’m excerpting – and it’s totally … Continue reading →

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The Books: “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (James Joyce)

Posted on December 30, 2007 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – by James Joyce. Now I’ll excerpt from Chapter 3. Chapter 3 was tough to get through my first time reading it. It felt endless. But … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Portrait of the Artist:

Posted on December 29, 2007 by sheila

Today is also the book’s birthday!! That’s a picture of Joyce as a college student, an “artist as a young man”. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man had been serialized by Ezra Pound in The Egoist – … Continue reading →

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The Books: “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (James Joyce)

Posted on December 29, 2007 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – by James Joyce. Now I’ll excerpt from Chapter 2. The movement of Chapter 2 is one of upheaval, change. Young boyhood is now a distant … Continue reading →

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The Books: “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (James Joyce)

Posted on December 28, 2007 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – by James Joyce Joyce’s first novel. A book in 5 chapters. I’ll excerpt from each of the chapters – since the parts are all so … Continue reading →

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First Novels

Posted on June 8, 2006 by sheila

This is a great page – I’ve been having a lot of fun scrolling through it. Anne linked to it (a reference to George Eliot, of course!) – and I’d bookmarked the page to read later. I finally just got … Continue reading →

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Favorite Fictional Characters

Posted on January 16, 2006 by sheila

A revised list, from a post I did a while back. My favorite characters from fiction. I am limiting my choices to just novels – and leaving out such amazing characters as Hamlet, or Stanley Kowalski. Here is how I … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”

Posted on December 29, 2005 by sheila

A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man had been serialized by Ezra Pound in The Egoist – in 1914, 15 (speaking of Ezra Pound) – but yesterday was the day it was published as a whole, in 1916. … Continue reading →

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More from Joyce

Posted on March 17, 2005 by sheila

… in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. The following excerpt from A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man follows (more or less) the “tundish scene” below. Stephen Dedalus leaves class, and is asked to sign some socialist petition. … Continue reading →

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