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By Anne Gael Henningfeld - November 02, 1999

...books, books. Tall cases lined three walls of the room, filled to and beyond capacity. The overflow had been piled in stacks on the floor. There was little space left for walking, and none whatever for pacing.

-J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

As books spill into the room in this scene from Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger, the theme of reading…

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