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"Hapworth 16, 1924" is an uncollected work of short fiction by J. D. Salinger that appeared in the June 19, 1965, issue of The New Yorker. The story is the last original work Salinger published during his lifetime, and filled almost the entire magazine.
Published in the print edition of the June 19, 1965, issue, with the headline “Hapworth 16, 1924.”. More: Camps Children Letters. Early access to new short stories, plus essays, criticism,...
This novella in letter form was first published in The New Yorker in 1965. An almost superhumanly precocious Seymour Glass, age 7, writes home from camp, describing his life and already showing signs of being the sensitive outsider trapped in a world that can have no comprehension of who he is.
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Seymour provides an emotional account of their time at Camp Hapworth interspersed with condescending advice to his family and rants on religion and literature in nearly 30,000 words. It was Salinger’s first and only published work after “Seymour: An Introduction.”.
A long letter home from Camp Simon Hapworth by a young, precocious Seymour Glass. This is the story that will be made into a book at some time. It is the only Glass story not yet available in book form. It is very reminiscent of Seymour: An Introduction.
- June 19, 1965
- Underpublished
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The Glass family is best-known to Salinger readers. Tales of the family began with A Perfect Day for Bananafish and continued through Salinger’s last published work, Hapworth 16, 1924.
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Plot Summary. Buddy Glass, age 46 transcribes a letter written by his older brother Seymour at the age of seven, when both boys were attending summer camp at Camp Simon Hapworth. Seymour provides an emotional account of their time at Camp Hapworth interspersed with condescending advice to his family and rants on religion and literature in ...
