... a great reputation, especially among younger intellectuals. While little is know about his life because he is a secretive person, his only published novel is widely known throughout the world and is the 3rd most censored book in America. Besides The Catcher in the Rye Salinger has written many stories that have been featured in magazines such as Harper's, Saturday Evening ... also published 35 short stories including A Perfect Day for Bananafish (1963), which first appeared in The New Yorker and introduced readers to Seymour Glass, a character who appeared in Franny and Zooey (1961) Rai...

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... appeared increasingly in the New Yorker. His entire literary output comprises 13 stories and novellas collected in Nine Stories (1953), Franny and Zooey (1961), and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour: An Introduction (1963) and the Catcher In The Rye (1951), a novel of adolescents anguish that won great critical and popular admiration, especially among college students. He retreated into a mysterious seclusion ... in New Hampshire and ceased to publish. In 1998 memoir by a women had pursued a ... goes to see Mr. Antolini, his former English teacher. When the teacher make...

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• Grade Level: High School