num_pages: 224
description: James Joyce's first and most widely read novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the story of Stephen Dedalus, a young man struggling to decide between a religious vocation and an artistic one. The aftermath of the struggle that is so poignantly and unflinchingly recorded forms a large part of the story of Joyce's masterwork, Ulysses, in which Stephen reappears as a main character. 
language: English
title: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
titlecomplete: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
characters: Stephen Dedalus, Mary Dedalus, Fr. John Conmee, Simon Dedalus
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Classic Literature, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, Irish Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 148100
places: Ireland, Clongowes Wood College, Kildare
publisher: Penguin Books