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Love Story
by Eric Segal
Description:
Oliver Barrett IV, A Wealthy Jock From A Stuffy WASP Family On His Way To A Harvard Degree And A Career In Law . . . Jenny Cavilleri, A Sharp-Tongued, Working-Class Beauty Studying Music At Radcliffe . . . Opposites In Nearly Every Way, Oliver And Jenny Are Kindred Spirits From Vastly Different Worlds. Falling Deeply And Powerfully, Their Attraction To One Another Defies Everything They Have Ever Believed—As They Share A Passion Far Greater Than Anything They Dreamed Possible . . . And Explore The Wonder Of A Love That Must End Too Soon. One Of The Most Adored Novels Of Our Time, This Is The Book That Defined A Generation—A Story Of Uncompromising Devotion, Of Life As It Really Is . . . And Love That Changes Everything.
About The Author
Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937 – January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, and educator. He was best known for writing the novel Love Story (1970), a best-seller, and writing the motion picture of the same name, which was a major hit. His first academic book, Roman Laughter: The Comedy of Plautus, revolutionized the great Roman comic playwright best known today as the inspiration for the Broadway hit, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.[citation needed] In 2001 Harvard published his The Death of Comedy, the all-encompassing literary history.
Skryf Review
Amazing read Love Story is a 1970 romance novel by American writer Erich Segal. Love Story is romantic and funny yet tragic. It is the tale of two college students whose love enables them to overcome the adversities they encounter in life: Oliver Barrett IV, a Harvard jock and heir to the Barrett fortune and legacy, and Jennifer Cavilleri, the quick-witted daughter of a Rhode Island baker. Oliver (Ollie) was expected to assume control of his father’s business empire, while Jennifer (Jenny), a music major studying at Radcliffe Collegeplanning to study in Paris. From very different worlds, Oliver and Jenny are immediately attracted to each other and their love deepens. The story of Jenny and Ollie is a story of two young people who come from two separate worlds and are joined together in the unlikeliest of ways.