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Nine Stories (Salinger)
''Nine Stories'' (1953) is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, " A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and " For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (''Nine Stories'' is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as ''For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories''). The stories are: *" A Perfect Day for Bananafish" *" Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" *" Just Before the War with the Eskimos" *" The Laughing Man" *"Down at the Dinghy" *" For Esmé – with Love and Squalor" *" Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" *" De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" *"Teddy Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore. It may refer to: People Nickname * Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator * Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer * Tedd ..." External linksA summary of the Nine Stories 1953 short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little, Brown And Company
Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Early lists featured Emily Dickinson's poetry and ''Bartlett's Familiar Quotations''. Since 2006 Little, Brown and Company is a division of the Hachette Book Group. 19th century Little, Brown and Company had its roots in the book selling trade. It was founded in 1837 in Boston by Charles Little and James Brown. They formed the partnership "for the purpose of Publishing, Importing, and Selling Books". It can trace its roots before that to 1784 to a bookshop owned by Ebenezer Battelle on Marlborough Street. They published works of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington and they were specialized in legal publishing and importing titles. For many years, it was the most extensive law publisher in the United States, and also the largest importer of standard English law a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. The short story is sometimes referred to as a genre. Determining what exactly defines a short story has been recurrently problematic. A classic definition of a short story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Perfect Day For Bananafish
"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in the January 31, 1948, issue of ''The New Yorker''. It was anthologized in 1949's ''55 Short Stories from the New Yorker'', as well as in Salinger's 1953 collection, '' Nine Stories''. The story is an enigmatic examination of a young married couple, Muriel and Seymour Glass, while on vacation in Florida.Slawenski, 2010, p. 159 It is the first of his stories to feature a member of the fictional Glass family. When 28-year-old Salinger submitted the manuscript to ''The New Yorker'' in January 1947, entitled "The Bananafish", its arresting dialogue and precise style were read with interest by fiction editor William Maxwell and his staff, though the point of the story, in this original version, was considered to be incomprehensible. At Maxwell's urging, Salinger embarked upon a major reworking of the piece, adding the opening section with Muriel's character, and crafting the material to provide in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Esmé – With Love And Squalor
For or FOR may refer to: English language *For, a preposition *For, a complementizer *For, a grammatical conjunction Science and technology * Fornax, a constellation * for loop, a programming language statement * Frame of reference, in physics * Field of regard, in optoelectronics * Forced outage rate, in reliability engineering Other uses * Fellowship of Reconciliation, a number of religious nonviolent organizations * Pinto Martins International Airport (IATA airport code), an airport in Brazil * Revolutionary Workers Ferment (''Fomento Obrero Revolucionario''), a small left communist international * Fast oil recovery, systems to remove an oil spill from a wrecked ship * Field of Research, a component of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification *FOR, free on rail, an historic form of international commercial term or Incoterm The Incoterms or International Commercial Terms are a series of pre-defined commercial terms published by the International Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncle Wiggily In Connecticut
"Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, which appears in his collection '' Nine Stories''. It was originally published in the March 20, 1948 issue of ''The New Yorker''. The main character, Eloise, struggles to come to terms with the life she has created for herself with her husband Lew. Her true love is the late Walt, who died during his service in the army. The story's title refers to an event recalled by Eloise in which she and Walt were running to catch a bus, and she sprained her ankle. Walt then said, referring to her ankle in good humor, "Poor Uncle Wiggily...". The 1949 film '' My Foolish Heart'', based on this story, remains the only authorized adaptation of Salinger's writings into film. Except for a framing story, the picture bears little resemblance to the original. Although Walt's surname and background are not discussed in the story, Salinger would later reveal that Walt is a member of the Glass family and brother of Seymour Glass, the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Before The War With The Eskimos
"Just Before the War with the Eskimos" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in the June 5, 1948 issue of ''The New Yorker''. It was anthologized in Salinger's 1953 collection '' Nine Stories'', and reprinted for Bantam in ''Manhattan: Stories from the Heart of a Great City'' in 1954. It is a tale of adolescent alienation and redemption in a post-World War II setting. It focuses primarily on fifteen-year-old Ginnie Mannox's meeting with her classmate Selena Graff's older brother, Franklin. Poet and ''New Yorker'' editor Dorothy Parker described the story as being “urbane, clever, and absolutely well-written.” At the time of its publication, it confused yet nevertheless delighted its audience. Plot summary This story begins with an argument between high school classmates Ginnie Mannox and Selena Graff, who both attend Miss Basehoar’s school in Manhattan. Ginnie confronts Selena about Selena’s habit of leaving Ginnie to pick up the cab fare after the two pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Laughing Man (short Story)
"The Laughing Man" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, published originally in ''The New Yorker'' on March 19, 1949; and also in Salinger's short story collection '' Nine Stories''. It largely takes the structure of a story within a story and is thematically occupied with the relationship between narrative and narrator, and the end of youth. The story is inspired by the 1869 Victor Hugo novel of the same name: ''The Man Who Laughs'' (''L'homme qui rit''). Plot summary An unnamed narrator recounts his experiences as a nine-year-old member of the Comanche Club in New York City in 1928. The leader of the club, “The Chief”, is a young law student at New York University who is described as lacking in physical attractiveness but appears beautiful to the narrator. He is widely respected by his troop for his athletic strength and storytelling ability. Every day, after the troop has completed its activities, The Chief gathers the boys for the next episode in an ongoing story about the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down At The Dinghy
"Down at the Dinghy" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in '' Harper's'' in April 1949, and included in the compilation, '' Nine Stories''. Written in the summer of 1948 at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the story marks a shift away from Salinger's literary misanthropy, which had largely been informed by his horrific combat experiences in Europe during World War II, and toward a “reaffirmation” of human interdependence and spiritual reawakening. The piece includes “Boo Boo” Glass Tannenbaum, one of the key members of Salinger's fictional Glass family, and makes reference to two of her brothers, Seymour Glass (deceased) and Webb “Buddy” Glass. Plot summary Told in two distinct segments, the first involves a discussion between two house servants about their employer's little boy, who has a history of running away. The second segment explores the mother's efforts to reassure her son and help him cope with his fears. The story opens with the two house s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes
"Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" is a short story by J.D. Salinger, initially published in the July 1951 issue of ''The New Yorker'', and later within the larger collection of Salinger’s short works, '' Nine Stories'' (April, 1953). Over the span of a few telephone conversations, the story surrounds three adult characters and the remainder of their evening after leaving a party. Plot summary The story opens with a phone ringing in Lee's apartment somewhere in New York. Sitting beside Lee is a young, blue-eyed woman. The two of them had been sitting and smoking together when Arthur calls, a colleague of Lee's, drunkenly concerned with the location of his wife. (Arthur later refers to his wife by her name, Joanie.) All of them had attended a party just hours before the phone call occurs. Arthur goes through a scatter of out-loud thoughts and questions addressed to Lee, accompanied by a roller-coaster of emotions. Arthur's main concern is the whereabouts of his wife, even though h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period
"De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, first published in the May 1952 edition of ''World Review'' (London). Declined by ''The New Yorker'' on November 14, 1951, the piece was judged too short to contain the complex religious concepts that Salinger attempted to present. It is the only work he is known to have produced in 1951 after struggling with it for over five months. The last Salinger story to appear outside the pages of ''The New Yorker'',Slawenski, 2010, p. 222. it was included in his collection '' Nine Stories'' (1953). Summary The point of view is that of first-person narrator John Smith who, as an adult, is reassessing an episode in his life when he was nineteen. He dedicates the story to his late (fictional) stepfather. The events unfold shortly after the death of Smith's mother in 1939, when he and his stepfather return to Manhattan from Paris, where the family had spent the Great Depression years. As housemates, the "exceptionally unpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy (story)
"Teddy" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, completed on November 22, 1952, and originally published in the January 31, 1953, issue of ''The New Yorker''. Under the influence of ''The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna'', Salinger created an engaging child character, Teddy McArdle, to introduce to his readership some of the basic concepts of Zen enlightenment and Vedanta reincarnation – a task that Salinger recognized would require overcoming some 1950s American cultural chauvinism. Salinger wrote "Teddy" while he was arranging publication for a number of his short stories and crafted the story to balance and contrast the collections' intended opening work " A Perfect Day for Bananafish". In Salinger's novella, " Seymour: An Introduction", a meditation written by a member of the fictional Glass family, Buddy Glass about his brother, Seymour, Buddy claims authorship to "Teddy" as well as other pieces in ''Nine Stories''. Summary The story comprises several vignettes which take place a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Short Story Collections
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia. ** The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into '' I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son). ** Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that agriculture will be collecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
