The Catcher in the Rye

Book Details

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Author(s):

J D Salinger

First Pub:

1945

Genre(s):

Fiction

Word Count:

73,404

First Read:

2009

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

26 Chapters

Internal ID:

1435

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

To
My Mother

First Sentence:

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want the truth."

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"If you do, you start missing everybody."

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

I had to read it since I'd heard so much about it - and not in a good way. Have to say there's not much to it, but that probably has to do with the time in which it was written as compared to today.

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 31-Jan-2015

Last Updated: 27-Apr-2022

Publications

01-May-1991

Little, Brown and Company

Paperback A

Date Issued:

01-May-1991

Format:

Paperback A

Cover Price:

$6.99

Pages*:

214

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1501

Publisher:

Little, Brown and Company

ISBN:

0-316-76948-7

ISBN-13:

978-0-316-76948-8

Country:

United States

Language:

English

the CATCHER
in the RYE

Cover:

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I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
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