A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce | Dramatised Audiobook
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce — full dramatised audiobook in English. Step into the restless, awakening mind of Stephen Dedalus in this complete production of James Joyce's classic modernist novel, featuring distinct voices for the characters and vividly illustrated scenes. Follow Stephen from his childhood in Catholic Ireland through school, family conflict, religious struggle and intellectual awakening, as he gradually rejects the constraints of family, religion and nationalism and chooses his own path as an artist. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is James Joyce's first novel, published in 1916. It is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story and one of the foundational works of literary modernism. 📖 Technical sheet Title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Author: James Joyce Year: 1916 Genre: Modernist novel / Künstlerroman Setting: Dublin and Ireland, late 19th–early 20th century Main character: Stephen Dedalus 🎙️ Complete audiobook narrated with distinct voices for each character. If you enjoyed this audiobook, subscribe to Voices Through the Centuries for more classic literature in English. Chapter index: 00:00 Baby Stephen hears his father's story 55:33 Christmas dinner erupts over politics 1:03:49 Mr Casey tells Arklow spitting tale 1:11:25 Argument indicts Irish bishops 1:14:42 Dante leaves while Casey mourns Parnell 1:17:00 Boys whisper about altar wine 1:24:51 Boys dread flogging punishment 1:30:12 Stephen daydreams during writing lesson 1:33:24 Father Arnall humiliates class over mare 1:36:23 Father Dolan pandies Stephen's hands 1:43:55 Stephen broods over unjust punishment 1:46:05 Schoolmates urge Stephen to complain 1:47:43 Stephen resolves to see rector 1:52:53 Stephen approaches rector's dark room 1:54:55 Rector pardons Stephen's punishment 1:58:24 Stephen runs from rector's room 1:59:01 Boys cheer and hoist Stephen 2:00:09 Stephen savors evening freedom 2:01:17 Uncle Charles and Stephen roam Blackrock 2:56:18 Stephen visits prostitute in Dublin 3:40:08 Stephen confesses after hellfire sermon 5:35:47 Stephen exhausts himself in devotions 5:52:51 Director chats about priestly life 6:00:52 Director dangles priestly vocation 6:08:20 Stephen rejects clerical order 6:15:16 Family kitchen fills with moving plans 6:18:37 Stephen escapes toward Dollymount shore 6:22:16 Stephen passes Christian Brothers bridge 6:25:34 Stephen gazes across bay water 6:28:26 Naked boys hail Stephen in Greek 6:34:16 Stephen beholds birdlike girl 6:39:28 Stephen lies down on sandy nook 6:41:58 Stephen drains tea amid family tension 6:45:11 Stephen shakes off misery in lane 6:49:06 Stephen meets consumptive man at bridge 6:56:20 Stephen pauses before poet statue 7:04:50 Flower girl accosts Stephen with flowers 7:07:11 Dean discusses art and tundish 7:23:05 Physics lecture bores Stephen 7:31:13 MacCann petition stirs Latin quips 7:33:51 MacCann presses Stephen to sign 7:43:10 Students cross through college garden 7:45:35 Temple pesters as Davin debates nationalism 7:55:12 Stephen expounds aesthetic theory 8:02:26 Stephen continues Aquinas theory 8:04:25 Stephen explains visa while Lynch sings 8:11:38 Donovan reports examination results 8:14:58 Stephen explains artistic forms 8:25:00 Rain drives Stephen to library 8:28:28 Stephen composes villanelle at dawn 8:46:26 Stephen watches circling birds augury 8:53:02 Captain eulogizes Scott in library 8:58:40 Temple harangues group on ancestry 9:01:31 Temple interrogates Stephen about Cambrensis 9:06:32 Cranly bows and Stephen feels joy 9:12:25 Glynn arrives; Temple flees Cranly 9:20:10 Stephen waits outside Maple Hotel 9:22:11 Cranly questions Stephen's faith 9:29:38 Stephen embraces life as artist #audiobook #joyce #modernistnovel #aportraitoftheartistasayoungman #classics
