The Catcher in the Rye

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American novel bildungsroman coming-of-age novel novel

The Catcher in the Rye is a landmark mid-20th-century American novel by J.D. Salinger that follows disaffected teenager Holden Caulfield as he wanders New York City, exploring themes of alienation, innocence, and rebellion.

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instanceOf	American novel ⓘ bildungsroman ⓘ coming-of-age novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedToStage	true ⓘ
author	J. D. Salinger ⓘ
character	Ackley ⓘ Allie Caulfield ⓘ D. B. Caulfield ⓘ Mr. Antolini ⓘ Phoebe Caulfield ⓘ Sally Hayes ⓘ Stradlater ⓘ
consideredClassic	true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
filmAdaptationStatus	no authorized feature film adaptation ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	1951 ⓘ
frequentlyChallengedInSchools	true ⓘ
genre	literary fiction ⓘ realist novel ⓘ
hasCensorshipHistory	true ⓘ
influenced	counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification	PS3537.A426 C3 ⓘ
literaryMovement	postwar American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Holden Caulfield ⓘ
narrativePointOfView	first-person ⓘ
narrator	Holden Caulfield ⓘ
notableFor	colloquial language ⓘ portrayal of teenage angst ⓘ stream-of-consciousness narration ⓘ
OCLCNumber	287628 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
pageCountFirstEdition	277 ⓘ
publicationDate	1951-07-16 ⓘ
publisher	Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
setInCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
setInLocation	New York City ⓘ
theme	adolescence ⓘ alienation ⓘ depression ⓘ grief ⓘ identity ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ phoniness of adult society ⓘ rebellion ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	late 1940s ⓘ
titleOrigin	Robert Burns poem "Comin' Thro' the Rye" ⓘ

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