Hapworth 16, 1924
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Hapworth 16, 1924 is a long, epistolary short story by J.D. Salinger, presented as a letter from a precocious seven-year-old Seymour Glass and notable for its dense, introspective style and limited publication history.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistolary work
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literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| characterFamilyName | Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter | Seymour Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter | Seymour Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFamily | Glass family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Glass family universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationVenue | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | long short story ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCultStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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child prodigy ⓘ family relationships ⓘ premonition and fate ⓘ spiritual introspection ⓘ |
| intendedPublicationForm | magazine short story ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
digressive
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highly allusive ⓘ philosophical ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Seymour Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | letter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex, precocious narrative voice
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controversial reception ⓘ limited publication history ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | seven years old ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | rarely reprinted ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| readerReception | polarizing ⓘ |
| relatedWorkCycle | Salinger Glass family cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Glass family stories ⓘ |
| settingType | summer camp ⓘ |
| structure | single extended letter ⓘ |
| style |
dense
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introspective ⓘ |
| textType | prose ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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