Franny and Zooey (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: J. D. Salinger
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: November, 1955
- Setting: Princeton and Manhattan
- Principal Characters: Bessie Gallagher Glass, Franny, Zooey, Buddy
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Acting or actors, Mothers, Parents and children, Authors or writers, New York City, Religion, Brothers and sisters, College life, Mysticism, Prayers
- Locales: Manhattan, NY, New England
The Story:
Franny Glass, a twenty-year-old college student, met her weekend date, Lane Coutell, at the train station. She had come to town for the big Yale football game at an unidentified eastern Ivy League college where Lane was an undergraduate. She greeted him enthusiastically, despite his spurious, narcissistic detachment. They immediately went to a trendy restaurant for lunch, where Lane dug into snails and frog legs and Franny left her chicken sandwich untouched. They smoked incessantly, while Lane spoke at length and with scarcely veiled pomposity of a recent paper he...
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