A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (AmazonClassics Edition)

"I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin, I can get to the heart of all the cities in the world." James Joyce.

“To forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race,” is Stephen’s declared purpose in the Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man.

Both of these are about microcosms: the paradox that if you

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