num_pages: 149
description: Nine Stories (1953) is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (Nine Stories is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories.)The stories are:"A Perfect Day for Bananafish""Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut""Just Before the War with the Eskimos""The Laughing Man""Down at the Dinghy""For Esmé – with Love and Squalor""Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes""De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period""Teddy"
language: English
title: For Esme—With Love and Squalor, and Other Stories
titlecomplete: For Esme—With Love and Squalor, and Other Stories
characters: Seymour Glass, Beatrice Glass Tannenbaum
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 145252
places: The United States of America
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd