In my uncollected stories collection, I place Elaine in with his other 2 "women" stories, Go See Eddie & The Long Debut of Lois Tagget. Much like his early Holden & Seymour attempts, these seem to me to be pretty much the same woman, with differing enlightenments due to their circumstances. Y'know what I mean? Thor >I just read Elaine for the first time, and I found it...well...disturbing. >I >found it to be the most disturbing of any of the Salinger stories I've read >thus far. Any insights? > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com