Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its characteristics. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective.A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is probably the most read work of all that Joyce wrote, although it is by no means the most interesting to critics if we compare it with the volumes of commentary generated by Ulysses and Finnegans Wake Its relative "simplicity" by comparison with the others makes it more appropriate to be part of the literature course programs, so that the Joycean experience of many readers begins with A Portrait. However, the simplicity of the Portrait is only apparent, since it has not only suffered the usual bibliographic avatars while different authors tried to establish a critical edition accepted by all, but the critical reception of the work itself has been extraordinarily controversial from the beginning,