Hapworth 16, 1924

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Hapworth 16, 1924 is a long, epistolary short story by J.D. Salinger, presented as a letter from a precocious seven-year-old Seymour Glass and notable for its dense, introspective style and limited publication history.

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instanceOf epistolary work ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author J. D. Salinger ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
characterFamilyName Glass ⓘ
containsCharacter Seymour Glass ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresCharacter Seymour Glass ⓘ
featuresFamily Glass family ⓘ
linked to: Glass family cycle
fictionalUniverse Glass family universe ⓘ
linked to: Glass family saga
firstPublicationVenue The New Yorker ⓘ
form long short story ⓘ
genre epistolary fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasCultStatus true ⓘ
hasTheme alienation ⓘ
child prodigy ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
premonition and fate ⓘ
spiritual introspection ⓘ
intendedPublicationForm magazine short story ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literaryStyle digressive ⓘ
highly allusive ⓘ
philosophical ⓘ
mainCharacter Seymour Glass ⓘ
narrativeForm letter ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor complex, precocious narrative voice ⓘ
controversial reception ⓘ
limited publication history ⓘ
protagonistAge seven years old ⓘ
publicationFrequency rarely reprinted ⓘ
publicationMedium The New Yorker ⓘ
publicationType magazine publication ⓘ
readerReception polarizing ⓘ
relatedWorkCycle Salinger Glass family cycle ⓘ
series Glass family stories ⓘ
settingType summer camp ⓘ
structure single extended letter ⓘ
style dense ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
textType prose ⓘ
workOfAuthor J. D. Salinger ⓘ

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