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The novel was released on February 14, 1970 (Valentine's Day), [1] along with segments of the story which appeared in The Ladies' Home Journal. [2] Love Story became the top-selling work of fiction for the duration of 1970 in the United States and was translated into more than 33 languages. [3]
Oates opens the story with a sentence one would typically find on covers of tabloids or confession magazines: “I was in love with a man I couldn’t marry, so one of us had to die.” [5] [6] [2] The narrator, contemplating suicide thinks “I want to cut up my body, I can’t live in this body,” further taps into the pulp-fiction genre.
A story of romantic love, esp. one which deals with love in a sentimental or idealized way; a book, film, etc., with a narrative or story of this kind. Also as mass noun: literature of this kind. Overlap is also sometimes found between the above terms, when literary romance also contains a strong love interest.
The Four Loves is a 1960 book by C. S. Lewis which explores the nature of love from a Christian and philosophical perspective through thought experiments. [1] The book was based on a set of radio talks from 1958 which had been criticised in the U.S. at the time for their frankness about sex.
I Too Had a Love Story is an English autobiographical novel written by Ravinder Singh. [1] This was the debut novel of the author and was first published in 2008 by Srishti Publishers, in 2012 it was republished by Penguin India. [2] The book remained in the best-seller’s list in India even after 6 years of its first publication. [3] [4]
Aidoo stated in a 1993 interview that "the title Changes addresses the issue of a woman's life, her loves, career and so on and how they change." [ 2 ] Aidoo also revealed that the subtitle "A Love Story" is a compromise with her publisher – originally the subtitle was "A New Tail to an Old Tail."
Oliver's Story is a 1978 American romantic drama film and a sequel to Love Story (1970) [2] based on a novel by Erich Segal published a year earlier. It was directed by John Korty and again starred Ryan O'Neal , this time opposite Candice Bergen .
The Battle of Life: A Love Story is an 1846 novella by Charles Dickens. [1] It is the fourth of his five "Christmas Books", coming after The Cricket on the Hearth and is followed by The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain .