''Nine Stories'' (1953) is a collection of
short stories
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 t ...
by American fiction writer
J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salinger (; January 1, 1919 January 27, 2010) was an American author best known for his 1951 novel ''The Catcher in the Rye''. Salinger got his start in 1940, before serving in World War II, by publishing several short stories in '' ...
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:
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish"
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Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut"
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Just Before the War with the Eskimos"
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The Laughing Man"
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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 aw ...
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For Esmé – with Love and Squalor"
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Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes"
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De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period"
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Teddy
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People Nickname
* Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator
* Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer
* Tedd ...
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External links
A summary of the Nine Stories
1953 short story collections
Short story collections by J. D. Salinger
Little, Brown and Company books
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