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The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by American author J. D. Salinger that was partially published in serial form in 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society.
Jerome David Salinger (/ ˈ s æ l ɪ n dʒ ər / SAL-in-jər; January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. ...
Holden Caulfield is the narrator and main character of The Catcher in the Rye.The novel recounts Holden's week in New York City during Christmas break, circa 1948/1949, following his expulsion from Pencey Prep, a preparatory school in Pennsylvania based loosely on Salinger's alma mater Valley Forge Military Academy.
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction is a single volume featuring two novellas by J. D. Salinger, which were previously published in The New Yorker: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1955) and Seymour: An Introduction (1959). Little, Brown republished them in this anthology in 1963. It was the first time the ...
The 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger has had a lasting influence [1] [2] as it remains both a bestseller [3] and a frequently challenged book. [3] [4] Numerous works in popular culture have referenced the novel.
It is ironic that the published work of Salinger's most public period is least known."—John Wenke in J. D. Salinger: A Study of the Short Fiction (1991). [ 5 ] By 1974, Salinger had not published a novel since his 1963 Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction , and his most recently published short story, "Hapworth 16 ...
"This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise" is an uncollected work of short fiction by J. D. Salinger which appeared in the October 1945 issue of Esquire. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The story was published in the 1958 anthology The Armchair Esquire , edited by Arnold Gingrich and L. Rust Hills.
"Slight Rebellion off Madison" is an uncollected work of short fiction by J. D. Salinger which appeared in the 21 December 1946 issue of The New Yorker. [1] The story is the first of nine stories to feature Salinger’s iconic protagonist Holden Morrisey Caulfield and the Caulfield family. [2] [3]