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| Plot Summary of Love Story |
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"Two persons meet and fall in love. He is the son of a well-known politician and she is a poor girl.
Altough they marry. At the end she dies because of a cancer."
Rebecca Meindl, Resident Scholar
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"Erich Segal's "Love Story" written almost as an advertisement to the Movie "Love Story" before its release, is a short, sweet and somewhat superficial story of young love between two Ivy League scholars. Set in 1970, and written as a contemporary novel, Love Story explores the reminisces of a young widower as he looks back on the short time he had with his young wife. The novel's dialogue is quick, funny and fresh even by today's standards. A sub plot explores the protagonist's aristocratic background and his estranged relationship with his father and his need for acceptance without petitioning it. Short, sweet and timeless. You can read this book in a good two hours."
Kathleen, Resident Scholar
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"Oliver Barret IV is a rich Harvord jock. Jenny Cavilleri is a wisecracking Radcliffe music major. They have nothing in common. They fall in love. Oliver Barret IV hates the way his father speaks and the ways he behaves. Jenny's father Phil is a Widower and he lives for her daughter. Jenny gets a scholarship in a music college at Paris, but she drops the offer.
Oliver and Jenny get married with Phil's permission, but Oliver Barret III disagree, so Barret IV and fights about it. Jenny and Oliver start to make their life with their own earnings. They rent an apartment for Low Cost. Oliver graduates from law college and is offered a good job.
Their lifestyle changes, they move into costly apartment. They plan to get a child.But soon they realize that teproduction is somewhat more difficult than love making. "
, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Love Story |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
If one lover chases another...
- she chases after him
Matchbreaker
Yes
Matchbreaker is
- Dad
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- lawyer creature
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- mature
- sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Boston
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
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