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Franny and Zooey
- 202 pages · about 3 hours
- First published 1961
- 65 editions
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1 About this book
Franny and Zooey is a book by American author J. D. Salinger which comprises his short story "Franny" and novella Zooey . The two works were published together as a book in 1961, having originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1957 respectively. The book focuses on siblings Franny and Zooey, the two youngest members of the Glass family, which was a frequent focus of Salinger's writings.
Franny tells the story of Franny Glass, Zooey's sister, a college student. The story takes place in an unnamed college town during Franny's weekend visit to her boyfriend Lane. Disenchanted with the selfishness and inauthenticity she perceives all around her, she aims to escape it through spiritual means.
Zooey is set shortly after the events of Franny in the Glass family apartment in New York City's Upper East Side.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Spiritual life
- Short stories
- Women college students
- Brothers and sisters
- Dysfunctional families
- Young men
- College students
- Religious life
2 About J. D. Salinger
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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