Love Story by Erich Segal

Product Description

This is the wonderful, tumultuous, heartfelt story of Oliver Barrett IV and Jenny Cavilleri--the story of a rich Harvard jock and a wisecracking Radcliffe music major who have nothing in common but love . . . and everything else to share but time. Funny and flip, sad and poignant, Erich Segal's magnificent novel will grab you, hold you, and stay with you forever. You, like more than twenty million others, will fall in love with Love Story.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #1190387 in Books
Published on: 1988-08-01
Released on: 1988-07-01
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
115 pages
Editorial Reviews

Review
"Not just a story--Love Story is an experience. The reader who responds to this little book will feel less like a reader than an unwritten Segal character, living it all out from the inside... In this 'love story' you are not just an observer."--Christian Science Monitor.

"Funny, touching and infused with wonder, as all love stories should be."--San Francisco Examiner

Review
"Not just a story--Love Story is an experience. The reader who responds to this little book will feel less like a reader than an unwritten Segal character, living it all out from the inside... In this 'love story' you are not just an observer."--Christian Science Monitor.

"Funny, touching and infused with wonder, as all love stories should be."--San Francisco Examiner

From the Publisher
This is the wonderful, tumultuous, heartfelt story of Oliver Barrett IV and Jenny Cavilleri--the story of a rich Harvard jock and a wisecracking Radcliffe music major who have nothing in common but love . . . and everything else to share but time. Funny and flip, sad and poignant, Erich Segal's magnificent novel will grab you, hold you, and stay with you forever. You, like more than twenty million others, will fall in love with Love Story.


"Not just a story--Love Story is an experience. The reader who responds to this little book will feel less like a reader than an unwritten Segal character, living it all out from the inside... In this 'love story' you are not just an observer."--Christian Science Monitor.


"Funny, touching and infused with wonder, as all love stories should be."--San Francisco Examiner
Customer Reviews

Love story
This book the Love Story, by Erich Segal shows many aspects of love. The fight of two people who are faced with the life ahead of them and the love for each other. There love is strained in many ways, but they find there way out of that tunnel.

The story of Jenny and Oliver is a realistic story of two young people that come from two separate worlds and are joined together in the most unlikely of ways. Through out the love story different obstacles get put in their way; rich vs. poor, troubled fathers, young aged love. All these circumstances are real and can happen to anyone and you can live with them, but one obstacle might be the end of this odd relationship of the polar lovers. Can there love hold through it or will there love die?

This book held me captive through the two lovers journey. Although they come from totally separate living styles, you can see there love is strong. The thing I like the best about this book is the way Oliver and Jenny show their love to each other. They are like brother and sister; arguing about their constant differences. The family of these two people are important in this story and some times get in the way of there relationship with one another. Through out the book, I was rooting for their love and wished maybe someday this kind of relationship would happen to me. There love is the most exiting, fun, on-going adventure that I have ever read.

I would think this story would be best read by girls who are looking for a good love story that is not impossible. The love is real and the story can be followed. I would not buy the book I feel like it's a one-time read. It's a one read ending, then the excitement is all gone. I enjoyed this book immensely and I'm sure you will too.
If you like this story there is a sequel to this book that continues the love life of the characters.

Love Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
"Love means never having to say you're sorry" (187). Love Story by Erich Segal was a very emotional book with an unsuspected twist. He conveyed the relationship between the two main characters very well and made them very straightforward with their feelings and thoughts.
This book was about two college students who met and immediately fell in love. They have to go through many emotional struggles, that most young couples go through. Oliver Barrett IV was a jock, and Jenny Calvilleri was studying music. They came from two different worlds; Oliver came from a rich family and Jenny came from a poor family. They were complete opposites in almost everything. Jenny and Oliver met in the school library and from that point on Jenny was straightforward with him and always said what was on her mind. They were always making wisecrack comments to each other, but they were never serious with what they were saying when they insulted each other. Their comments to each other were very comical and will always make you crack a smile. "This is not the official goddamn threshold. Upstairs you turkey" (113). For most of the story they were in college, but later in the book they get married and move in together. They had to go through the struggles of not having much money and trying to get by with what they had. Oliver had a bad relationship with his father so they could not ask for money. Oliver absolutely hated his father and refused to talk to him and visit him. Jenny and Oliver both had to work to earn enough money for themselves. Oliver was going to grad school so that he could become a lawyer, and they had to earn extra money to pay for that. He got a degree and a lot of job good job offers at different law firm. His favorite was the job offer he got from a New York law firm. He took that one and they moved there and he started earning plenty of money for them. Now that they had settled in and had an in come, they wanted to start a family. Oliver and Jenny wanted to have a child very badly, but they were having problems. They went to the doctor and that was when the twists started to happen. If you want to know what happened in the end you will have to read the book.
I chose to read this book for a choice novel for English. I loved this book. I would read it again even though I know what happens in the end. I recommend this book for a good short read. I don't think a guy would like this, but it is perfect for a female that is looking for an emotional filled book. With the wisecrack comments that Jenny makes and the emotional moments you will never get bored with this book.

Love story
This book the Love Story, by Erich Segal shows many aspects of love. The fight of two people who are faced with the life ahead of them and the love for each other. There love is strained in many ways, but they find there way out of that tunnel.

The story of Jenny and Oliver is a realistic story of two young people that come from two separate worlds and are joined together in the most unlikely of ways. Through out the love story different obstacles get put in their way; rich vs. poor, troubled fathers, young aged love. All these circumstances are real and can happen to anyone and you can live with them, but one obstacle might be the end of this odd relationship of the polar lovers. Can there love hold through it or will there love die?

This book held me captive through the two lovers journey. Although they come from totally separate living styles, you can see there love is strong. The thing I like the best about this book is the way Oliver and Jenny show their love to each other. They are like brother and sister; arguing about their constant differences. The family of these two people are important in this story and some times get in the way of there relationship with one another. Through out the book, I was rooting for their love and wished maybe someday this kind of relationship would happen to me. There love is the most exiting, fun, on-going adventure that I have ever read.

I would think this story would be best read by girls who are looking for a good love story that is not impossible. The love is real and the story can be followed. I would not buy the book I feel like it's a one-time read. It's a one read ending, then the excitement is all gone. I enjoyed this book immensely and I'm sure you will too.
If you like this story there is a sequel to this book that continues the love life of the characters.