For Esmé—with Love and Squalor

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literary work short story

For Esmé—with Love and Squalor is a celebrated short story by J.D. Salinger that explores the psychological impact of war through a soldier’s poignant encounter with a young girl in England.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
audience adult readers ⓘ
author J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectedIn For Esmé—with Love and Squalor and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nine Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCharacter American soldier ⓘ
English schoolgirl ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublishedIn The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre psychological fiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later depictions of PTSD in literature ⓘ
hasMotif letters ⓘ
love ⓘ
music ⓘ
squalor ⓘ
wristwatch ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterBookPublisher Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Esmé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sergeant X NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of combat-related psychological breakdown ⓘ
portrayal of child–adult relationship ⓘ
originalMedium magazine publication ⓘ
partOf J. D. Salinger’s short fiction canon ⓘ
publicationDate 1950-04-08 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstMagazinePublication The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ
setDuring World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation Devon, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure framed narrative ⓘ
theme healing ⓘ
human connection ⓘ
innocence ⓘ
psychological impact of war ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
timeOfAction post-combat period of World War II ⓘ
pre-D-Day period of World War II ⓘ
titleCharacter Esmé NERFINISHED ⓘ
tone ironic ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
tender ⓘ

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