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Quotation from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

“Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road”

James Joyce (spoken by Simon Dedalus (as remembered by Stephen))

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of James Joyce

The novel's first words: a story told to the infant Stephen by his father, given in a child's language.

Citation: "Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road" — James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg text). (id joyce-portrait-of-the-artist-q1)

Portrait: Revolutionary Joyce Better Contrast, Unknown, Public domain.

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