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• Catcher in the Rye, The
  Catcher in the Rye, The

  noun

  a novel (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
• The Catcher in the Rye
  The Catcher in the Rye

  (1951) A novel by the American author J. D. Salinger. It relates the experiences of Holden Caulfield, a sensitive but rebellious youth who runs away from his boarding school.

Catcher in the Rye, The

American  

noun

1. a novel (1951) by J. D. Salinger.

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The Catcher in the Rye Cultural  

1. (1951) A novel by the American author J. D. Salinger. It relates the experiences of Holden Caulfield, a sensitive but rebellious youth who runs away from his boarding school.

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Next of kin in mood, manner and appeal to J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, The Young Lovers uses a breezy class-of-'55 lingo to shine up the ancient story of boy-mates-girl.

From Time Magazine Archive

She reads all the time—in the halls, in the cafeteria— mostly novels with angsty protagonists: The Virgin Suicides, Catcher in the Rye, The Bell Jar.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline