For Esmé—with Love and Squalor
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title:
For Esmé—with Love and Squalor
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"For Esmé—with Love and Squalor" is a short story by J. D. Salinger. It recounts an American sergeant's meeting with a young girl before being sent into combat in World War II. Originally published in The New Yorker on April 8, 1950, it was anthologized in Salinger's Nine Stories two years later. The short story was immediately popular with readers; less than two weeks after its publication, on April 20, Salinger "had already gotten more letters about 'For Esmé' than he had for any story he had
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Short story by J. D. Salinger
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Esm%C3%A9%E2%80%94with_Love_and_Squalor
date created:
2004-11-17T18:42:37Z
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2024-09-09T21:44:29Z
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