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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
“Playboy.” In Franny and Zooey, Franny is disgusted by the low quality of many plays she acts in but mentions having appreciated the opportunity to play “Pegeen” in “Playboy.” She is referring to The Playboy of the Western World (1907) by modernist Irish playwright J. M. Synge (1871–1909), in which the character Margaret Flaherty is called “Pegeen” by other characters.
Bestseller. Franny and Zooey spent half a year on the New York Times bestseller list in 1961–1962.