Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Maggie O'Farrell recalled seeing Mescal in the role of Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in Dublin before his break-out role in the hit show Normal People.
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026
Read Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, as that may help you with the characters.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2022
“Do you know what Ireland is?” as Stephen Dedalus puts it in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2019
Brilliant Books compares the novel to Stephen Hero, James Joyce’s original draft of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2015
Stephen, the hero of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, tells his student friend about his father.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
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