An edition of The Catcher in the Rye (1945)

The Catcher in the Rye

First Back Bay paperback edition

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An edition of The Catcher in the Rye (1945)

The Catcher in the Rye

First Back Bay paperback edition

by and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.6 (386 ratings)
  • 2,250 Want to read
  • 114 Currently reading
  • 558 Have read

Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.

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Back Bay Books
Language
English
Pages
288

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fictional works Runaway teenagers Fiction Adolescence teenage boys Runaway teenagers in literature Brothers and sisters Emotionally disturbed teenage boys Preparatory schools Open Library Staff Picks Bildungsromans Alienation in teenagers Interpersonal relations juvenile works juvenile fiction Fictional Works Publication Type Classics Caulfield, holden (fictitious character), fiction New york (n.y.), fiction American fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, coming of age Caulfield, holden (fictitious character) Salinger, j. d. (jerome david), 1919-2010 Adolescence in literature Holden Caulfield (Fictitious character) New York Times reviewed Holden ACaulfield (Fictitious character) Conduct of life Chang pian xiao shuo Heranwachsender Fictional works [publication type] Caulfield, holden (fictitious character)--fiction Runaway teenagers--fiction Ps3537.a426 c315 1991 Book: sga sal 813.5 s 3-8, 1991 Governors Long Now Manual for Civilization Engelsk skönlitteratur Caulfield, Holden (Personnage fictif) Romans, nouvelles Teenage boys in literature Adolescents fugueurs dans la littérature Garçons adolescents dans la littérature Universidad Sergio Arboleda Fiction, general Catcher in the rye (Salinger, J.D.) Translations into Chinese American fiction American Young adult fiction Accessible book Protected DAISY Teenage boys

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Holden Caulfield (Fictitious character) Holden Caufield D.B. Caufield Mr. Spencer Robert Ackley Ward Stradlater Benedict Arnold Maurice Mr. Antolini Carl Luce Phoebe Caufield Sally Hayes Jane Gallagher Sunny Ernest Morrow Cary Grant Mal Brossard J. D. Salinger (1919-2010)

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New York (N.Y.) United States New York New York City Southern California Pencey Preparatory Academy Agerstown Central Park Zoo Metropolitan Museum of Art Grand Central Station Fifth Avenue west New York University Museum of Natural History Wicker Bar Seton Hotel New England Columbia University Rockefeller Center Biltmore Theatre Central Park Seattle Greenwich Village Ernie's Nightclub Pennsylvania Penn Station mei guo USA New York (State)

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1951 xian dai

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2001 01, Back Bay Books
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1991, Little, Brown and Company
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1991, LB Books
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1972, Bantam Books
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The Catcher in the Rye
1972, Bantam Books
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1969, Bantam Books
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1964, Bantam Books
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1958, Penguin Books
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1951, Little, Brown and Company
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Edition Notes

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Published in
New York, USA
Copyright Date
1979

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
Weight
8 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL9766378M
ISBN 10
0316769177
ISBN 13
9780316769174
LCCN
00108915
OCLC/WorldCat
422167144, 974669154, 817220810
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0316769177
LibraryThing
4053418
Goodreads
5107

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Work ID
OL3335245W

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Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.

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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible.
added by George.
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
added by Lisa.

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