The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal ...
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The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in conventional terms, there is hardly any plot at all). Salinger's style creates an effect of conversation, it is as though Holden is speaking to you personally, as though you too have seen through the pretences of the American Dream and are growing up unable to see the point of living in, or contributing to, the society around you. Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood, it deals with society, love, loss, and expectations without ever falling into the clutch of a cliche.
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Seller's Description:
VERY Good. Good Jacket. 1986 reissue from the Book of the Month club. Previous owner's name and address on FFEP. There's some rubbing to the jacket, with minor edgewear along the top. pp. 277.
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Poor in Good jacket. 2nd impression. the jacket is a colour photocopy of a first edition jacket. the boards of the book and very worn. there are small tears and the spine is faded. the book is foxed particularly on the early and later pages. there is a previous owner's stamp mark and inscription. the book is also somewhat cocked. the binding is excellent.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Stated august (7th) printing of the first edition original 1951 year 277 page hardcover. This was published one month after the first printing! This is a very clean unmarked book with bright attractive boards for age. No names, writing, labels etc., and not a book club or other variant. Great price for this first year publishing especially in fine condition and great alternative to extremely expensive first edition.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Black cloth cover has modest wear to corners and spine caps with lightly bumped corners, some loss to gilding on spine and splattering on covers but overall in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Lacking front end sheet. Pages are clean and in very good condition.; 8.2 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches; 277 pages.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. This novel was among the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005 as chosen by Time, and named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the United States for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and teenage angst. This is the true trade edition (stated 8th impression two only months after the first) and not a book club or later variant. It is a very good clean original black hardcover, no marks, writing and no bookplates with bright gilt lettering on spine. Very clean throughout it's 277 pages and very similiar to the first printed 60 days earlier costing thousands more!
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Book-of-the-Month Club edition. Ex libris with bookplate on the FFEP. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Some light handling to the boards and spine. Text unmarked. A touch of soiling on the top edge of the text block. The dust jacket some light edgewear and rubbing at the corners, a trace of soiling, spine lightly toned, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 277pp.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. RARE ORIGINAL JULY PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION. THIS IS A NEAR good CLEAN UNMARKED TIGHT CONDITION 277 PAGE HARDCOVER. (NOT A BOOK CLUB OR LATER PRINTING, ETC). THIS IS A STATED JULY 5th PRINTING! NO NAMES, LABELS, etc. COVER AND SPINE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR AGE. A TRUE TRADE PRINTING THE SAME MONTH AS THE FIRST COSTING THOUSANDS LESS. THIS IS AN UNIQUE PIECE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. Complete photos provided upon request.
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Good in Good jacket. The boards are worn, sunned and marked. the spine has several small tears that have been carefully repaired. there is a previous owner's signature. the binding is now strong and square. comes with a very attractive colour photocopy of the original first edition jacket.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Early book club edition. Very good in about very good book club dustwrapper with a tear and toning on the spine, and with Salinger's portrait on rear panel. Salinger's first book, a post-war highspot and one of the most widely read and beloved coming-of-age novels ever written. *Burgess 99*.
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Corners bumped; gilt lettering on spine oxidized; tiny areas of insect damage to the surface of the cloth; otherwise very good. The jacket, a few millimeters shorter than the volume, has not been supplied. There is a chip at the top of the backstrip... 159 pp.277 pp. 8vo,
Description of conditions are not the same for the item we received. The book has writing marks on each page.
mickey
Mar 14, 2016
WONDERFUL CLASSIC
This was a very entertaining book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Betsaida P
Oct 28, 2014
Pebalon
Excelente servicio. Buen servicio, prontitud y garantía. Lo recomiendo.
Anthony M
May 1, 2014
Not what I expected!
I never read this "classic" in high school and now that I'm in my sixties I'm trying to catch up on some of the reading I should have done had I chosen to be a better student. Boy was I disappointed! Page after page, I kept expecting the nugget of wisdom to appear, but it never did. Instead, I found it to be nothing more than the trivial ramblings of a confused kid, Perhaps a more youthful reader would have better understood the author's style and found it to be the "profound" work so many have said it is over the years. As far as I'm concerned, it stunk!
Joanna W
Apr 4, 2014
My favorite cover of this book! i love it. I have read this book so many times and it never gets old. Hopefully everyone enjoys it as much as I do
