The unfinished manuscript that Joyce heavily revised and condensed into 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' is known as:
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Correct answer: A debate on Shakespeare linking an artist's life and work
'Stephen Hero' was a much longer, more traditional realist novel. Joyce famously attempted to burn the manuscript before his wife rescued it; he later transformed its core into the more experimental 'Portrait'.
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