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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
The autobiographical story of Joyce’s youth in Ireland and his escaping the country’s conformity and mediocrity to blossom as a writer on the continent.
Opening
A few passages to enter the atmosphere.
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Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo. …
His father told him that story: his father looked at him through a glass: he had a hairy face.
He was baby tuckoo. The moocow came down the road where Betty Byrne lived: she sold lemon platt.
O, the wild rose blossoms
On the little green place.
He sang that song. That was his song.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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