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Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger

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Author Biography

Name: J. D. Salinger
Variant Name: Jerome David Salinger
Birth Date: January 1, 1919
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of J(erome) D(avid) Salinger
8046 words, approx. 26.8 pages
Confronting another in an apparently unending series of collected essays about J. D. Salinger 's The Catcher in the Rye (1951), a British reviewer once asked with some asperity why nearly every American critic who wrote about the novel seemed compelled t...
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Biography of J. D. Salinger
6755 words, approx. 22.5 pages
Best known for his controversial novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), J. D. Salinger (born 1919) is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential authors of American fiction to emerge after World War II. Salinger's re...
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Biography of J. D. Salinger
6297 words, approx. 21 pages
The entire body of writing by which Jerome David Salinger wishes to be known is contained in four small books—one novel and thirteen short stories. All of these were published in the eleven and a half years between January 1948 and June 1959; and a...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Nine Stories Information
406 words, approx. 1 pages
Nine Stories (1953) is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger released in April of 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé with Love and Squalor." (Nine...


News and Journals
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Monarch Notes
Works of J.D. Salinger: Nine Stories
01/01/1963: 7,091 words, approx. 24 pages
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Nine Stories "A Perfect Day For Bananafish" This introductory story of the collection treats the now famous Glass and Carpenter families of Franny and Zooey, and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction. The extremely precocious and sensitive...
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The Antioch Review
Salinger's Nine Stories: fifty years later.(J. D. Salinger)(Critical Essay)
09/22/2003: 4,371 words, approx. 15 pages
Fifty years ago, J. D. Salinger published Nine Stories, his second book and arguably the highpoint of his foreshortened publishing career. Nine Stories was the best-selling collection that introduced and killed Seymour Glass--the brooding figure that gave rise to the Glass family dynasty, the...
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AP Features
Pennsylvania teenager recovering from 9-story attempted suicide jump but may not walk again
1/21/2008: 272 words, approx. 1 pages
A teenager who jumped from his ninth-floor bedroom window in a suicide attempt is recovering, but doctors are unsure whether he will walk again.Jordan Burnham, 18, still cannot stand on his reconstructed left leg, which was shattered in the Sept. 28 leap from his apartment...
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AP Features
US teenager recovering from 9-story attempted suicide jump but may not walk again
1/21/2008: 269 words, approx. 1 pages
A U.S. teenager who jumped from his ninth-floor bedroom window in a suicide attempt is recovering, but doctors are unsure whether he will walk again.Jordan Burnham, 18, still cannot stand on his reconstructed left leg, which was shattered in the Sept. 28 leap from his...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Ruth Prigozy
8,100 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Prigozy discusses the unifying elements of the narratives in Salinger's Nine Stories.
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Critical Essay by James Finn Cotter
5,779 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Cotter argues that Rainer Maria Rilke's The Voices is a source for Salinger's Nine Stories.
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 86%
Nine Stories: The Escape From Reality
1,980 words, approx. 7 pages
Analysis of "Nine Stories", a famous work by J.D. Salinger. Compares and contrasts two stories from the collection.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Superficiality in "Nine Stories" by J.D. Salinger
903 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay explains how superficiality can cause you to neglect your children because they are "different" as in J.D. Salinger's "Nine Stories" collection.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Innocence in Salinger
817 words, approx. 3 pages
Examines Nine Stories, by JD Salinger. Analyzes the innocence in several of the children in his short stories. Describes how Salinger dissected and utilized the thinking of a child in order to demonstrate how innocence and happiness go hand in hand.


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