The New Yorker- Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger May 2014 | Page 4

Franny and Zooey
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After the publication of The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
focused all of his works on a family of his own making,
the Glasses.

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The Glasses are composed of the parents Les and Bessie,
former vaudeville performers, and their seven children:
Seymour, Buddy, Boo Boo, Walter, Waker, Zooey, and
Franny.

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He first published Franny as a short story in The New

Yorker in 1955, followed by Zooey in 1957. They were
published together as a book, Franny and Zooey, in
1961.
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As children, all of the Glass kids were on a radio talk
show called “It’s A Wise Child”, on which they answered all types of questions, gaining celebrity.
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