James Joyce 
Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man 

The first full-length novel written by James Joyce with the "stream of consciousness" is one of the earliest and most successful novels in stream of consciousness in the history of world literature. It has a strong autobiography. It mainly describes how the young Stephen of Dublin tries to get rid of the various influences that obstruct his development and to pursue the truth of art and beauty. The painful process of seeking for art and beauty is actually a portrayal of young Joyce’s journey from awakening to maturity.