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Catcher in the Rye (Barron's Book Notes) | 
 enlarge | Author: J.d. Salinger
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Category: Book
Buy New: $32.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 1134720
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.2 x 0.3
ISBN: 0812034074
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780812034073
ASIN: 0812034074
Publication Date: October 1, 1984
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Product Description
A guide to reading "Catcher in the Rye" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.
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xxxxxxx December 26, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I won't continue the string of how I liked the book, what it meant to me, etc. After reading several reviews, it would serve no purpose. What is interesting is that I just read the book for the second time, at 60, the first time I was 17. That was 1964. Many of the reviews stated that it was required reading in school....I have to laugh. The book was banned reading in my high school, and we risked school punishment if we were caught in possession of _The Catcher in the Rye_.
Think about it.....Vietnam was just two years later, and the world changed forever for us. And we were not allowed to read Salinger's book in 1964.
 Engrossing January 20, 2001
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
While wondering around the library one day, I saw this book and figured I might as well read it because it was a "classic." I am sooo glad I did. This book was wonderful. The plot was complex up until the last. The characters were very well developed. I couldn't put this one down. Just a warning though, this book has a quite a bit of bad language in it, but the story is still absolutly magnificent. A "must read"
a great book January 28, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was assigned last week to read this book ...I normally hate to read. when I started this book it was totally different ..I didnt want to stop reading it..it related to me perfectly..I am 16 now and I really liked it..so if you get a chance read this book its excellent
 You either love it or hate it November 5, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had to read this book for my grade 12 english class and normally I hate being forced to read material I'm not interested in but I heard about this book and I was told I'd either love it or hate it. I'm leaning more towards the love. Finally an assigned English book that was actually worth my time! However, Holden's use of repetition really gets to you and sometimes that's all you think about...how phoney those people are that he talks about and how everything is "corny". The book does have a point. And I think as a teenager I really related to his feelings and his constant cynism. Unfortunately, that comes with the teenage years. "Catcher in the Rye" is also a lot like Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar". The only difference in those 2 books were that the main character's were of the opposite sex. These books are kind of a "find yourself" guide in the teenage years. It's always good to know your not alone and that you can relate to someone.
An amazing glimpse into mental illness September 5, 1999
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I read this book at 16 because a teacher told me I would relate to the main character. This was soon after I had been diagnosed with manic-depressive illness. I am now 21 and have read the book several times and the more I experience and live through the symptons of my illness, I see how the entire book seems to show that Holden might have been experiencing a manic episode. And it is amazing that it was written so long ago, before much was known of the illness. I adore this book because the thoughts and emotions I sometimes have that seem to be so terribly painfull and unexplainable are all stated crystal clear right there in the pages. I reccomend this book to anyone who has manic-depression, or anyone who wishes to understand such a person's emoitional obstacles. I also highly reccomend all other works by Salinger, particularly "Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction".
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