James Joyce certainly wrote some Very Important Books. Ulysses (1922), and Finnegan’s Wake (1939) are two of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, and if you talk to some grad students, they might argue quite convincingly that Ulysses is more important to our modern world than the Bible. Joyce is lauded for his total re-envisioning of the novel – and of the world in general. But before these two massively important and, let’s face it, incredibly difficult texts came into being, Joyce published his first major work, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, in 1916. This novel, the first in Joyce’s whopping hat-trick of great novels, is both shorter and more approachable than either of Joyce’s later masterpieces (for which we humbly thank him).

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brawtley Press (November 23, 2014)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 260 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1943138389
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1943138388
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.65 x 8.5 inches