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Franny comes home from college in a state of collapse. She is suffering spiritually, and it takes a great deal of talking on the part of her brother Zooey …
J. D. Salinger
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A young man, recently returned from the Army goes to Florida with his wife. His wife has a telephone conversation with her mother during which the mother …
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A short story, from 1946. A prep-school boy, home in N.Y. on vacation, rebels against boys' schools, and against life in general. He walks out on his girl when she refuses to …