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 | author = J. D. Salinger
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 | elevator pitch = The short story ''Franny'' and the novella ''Zooey'', about the two yougest siblings of the Glass family
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 | franchise = Glass family
 | publication date = 1961
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'''''Franny and Zooey''''' comprises a short story and a novella by [[J. D. Salinger]], published together as a book in 1961; the short story and the novella originally appeared in ''The New Yorker'' in 1955 and 1957, respectively. The short story "Franny" serves as a prologue to the events of "Zooey".

Though nowhere near as popular or influential as ''[[The Catcher in The Rye]]'', ''Franny and Zooey'' has a cult following. It has been widely suggested that ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]'' is a loose, unofficial adaptation of this book, due to the fact that both contain a dysfunctional, gifted family, one of which is voluntarily locked in a bathroom.

In case you're wondering, yes, [[Zooey Deschanel]] is named after the "Zooey" character, despite the latter actually being male.
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* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: The Glass family
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: The Glass family is one due to Seymour's suicide and the fact the children were precociously bright and grew up famous.
* [[Broken Bird]]: Franny copes by becoming incredibly cynical about everything until Zooey snaps her out of it.
* [[Ivy League for Everyone]]: "Franny" takes place at Princeton during a game against Yale.
* [[The Verse]]: ''Franny and Zooey'', the later novellas ''Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters'' and ''Seymour: An Introduction'', a third of Salinger's ''Nine Stories'', and Salinger's final published work, the rare short story "Hapworth 16, 1924", all feature the Glass family.

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