A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man (1916) By: James Joyce: A Portrait...

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Book Title: Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man (1916). by: James Joyce : A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Is a Coming of Age Tale by James Joyce, First Serialized in the Egoist Between 1914-1915 and Published in Book Form In 1916

Number of Pages: 142 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Item Height: 0.3 in

Publication Year: 2017

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Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 13.3 Oz

Item Length: 10 in

Author: James Joyce

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