''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 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"
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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"
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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