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The Catcher in the Rye
By J.D. SalingerThe hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The swift, lively story is narrated by Holden Caulfield himself. Since his debut in 1951, in J. D. Salinger's classic novel, Holden has been synonymous with angst and teenage alienation. The novel remains wide…
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📄 288 pages⏱ ~2 hr read📅 2001
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The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The swift, lively story is narrated by Holden Caulfield himself. Since his debut in 1951, in J. D. Salinger's classic novel, Holden has been synonymous with angst and teenage alienation. The novel remains widely read, and continues to have a powerful effect on its readers.
