Author: James Joyce
Title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Original publication date: 1916
Characters: Stephen Dedalus,
Book awards: The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (The Board's List, 3), The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (The Reader's List, 57), Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century (14), Larry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits (21), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008
First words: 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 down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo....
Last words: 27 April: Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
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