Love Story (novel)

First edition cover
AuthorErich Segal
Original titleLove Story
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance novel
PublisherHarper & Row (USA), Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
Publication date
February 14, 1970
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover, paperback
Pages131
ISBN0-340-12508-X
Followed byOliver's Story (novel) 

Love Story is a 1970 novel by American writer Erich Segal. Segal wrote a screenplay that was subsequently approved for production by Paramount Pictures. Paramount requested that Segal adapt the story into a novel as part of the film's marketing campaign. 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] The novel stayed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 41 weeks, and peaked at number one. The film was released on December 16, 1970.[4]

In 1977, a sequel Oliver's Story, was published,[5] and made into a film in 1978.

  1. ^ Erich Segal. Love Story. (Harper & Row) 1970.
  2. ^ Segal, Erich (February 1970). "Love Story". Ladies' Home Journal. 87 (2). Des Moines, Iowa: Meredith Corporation.
  3. ^ "The Love Story Saga".
  4. ^ "Love Story (1970)".
  5. ^ Segal, Erich (1977). Oliver's Story (First ed.). New York: Harper & Row Publishers.

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