Dubliners (1914; rpt. 1949) by James Joyce is a collection of short stories that has become one of the classics of the coming-of-age genre. Joyce's protagonists struggle to find their identities and learn the meaning of life in vividly depicted Catholic neighborhoods of Dublin.
"Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates is the companion story to "How I Contemplated" in which a young girl's.....
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