the italic=. He frequently wrote home claiming ill health due to the water, the cold weather, and his change of diet, appealing for money his family could ill afford.

Post-university years in Dublin

In April 1903, Joyce learned his mother was dying and immediately returned to Ireland. He tended to her, reading aloud from drafts that were eventually worked into his unfinished novel Stephen Hero. During her final days, she unsuccessfully tried to get him to make his confession

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