Catcher in the Rye, The

noun

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

The Catcher in the Rye

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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Today, Johnson said, it amounts to “our ‘Catcher in the Rye,’ the book you read when you’re young.”

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In addition to “The Catcher in the Rye,” the e-books include “Nine Stories,” ″Franny and Zooey” and “Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction.”

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In addition to “The Catcher in the Rye,” the e-books include “Nine Stories,” ”Franny and Zooey,” and “Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction.”

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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.

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Salinger, the author of “The Catcher in the Rye”; the book itself; and his own actual meeting in adolescence with Mr. Salinger.

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