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 'So begins one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the…
Joyce's classic depiction of Stephen Dedalus's boyhood & coming of age in Ireland at the turn of the century, his childhood, sexual awakening, intellectual development & revolt against Catholicism, remains one of the key works of modern literature.
[This] novel charts the intellectual, moral, and sexual development of Stephen Dedalus, from his childhood listening to his father's stories, through his schooldays and adolescence to the brink of adulthood and independence, and his awakening as an artist. Growing up in a Cathol…
For this Oxford World's Classics edition, an eminent Joyce scholar has written an Introduction and notes, which together provide a comprehensive and illuminating appreciation of Joyce's artistry.