Works by J. D. Salinger (Study Guide): Novels by J. D. Salinger, Short Stories by J. D. Salinger, Short Story Collections by J. D. Salinger

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Novels by J. D. Salinger, Short Stories by J. D. Salinger, Short Story Collections by J. D. Salinger, Hapworth 16, 1924, the Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey, the Laughing Man, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: an Introduction, the Inverted Forest, a Perfect Day for Bananafish, a Boy in France, Teddy, Just Before the War With the Eskimos, for Esme - With Love and Squalor, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, Down at the Dinghy, Elaine, Nine Stories, Slight Rebellion Off Madison, Go See Eddie, de Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, I'm Crazy, Last Day of the Last Furlough, a Young Girl in 1941 With No Waist at All, Blue Melody, the Varioni Brothers, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise, the Ocean Full of Bowling Balls, the Hang of It, the Young Folks, the Stranger, Both Parties Concerned, the Long Debut of Lois Taggett, Soft-Boiled Sergeant, the Heart of a Broken Story, Once a Week Won't Kill You, Personal Notes of an Infantryman. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Franny and Zooey Franny and Zooey is J. D. Salinger 's third book, published as such in 1961, its two parts having originally appeared as a short story and a novella in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1957, respectively. Franny and Zooey, a sister and brother both in their twenties, are the two youngest members of the Glass family, which was a frequent focus of Salinger's writings. The action of both parts takes place over a long weekend in November 1955.Plot introduction The first part, "Franny," is significantly shorter than the second. It takes place in an unnamed college town during the weekend of "the Yale game" and tells the tale of an undergraduate who is becoming disenchanted with the selfishness and inauthenticity she perceives all around her.The second mu...