Play Audiobook Sample
Love Story Audiobook
Play Audiobook Sample
(3.00) - 23,467 listener ratings
Quick Stats About this Audiobook
Total Audiobook Chapters:
Longest Chapter Length:
Shortest Chapter Length:
Average Chapter Length:
Audiobooks by this Author:
Publisher Description
“Funny, touching and infused with wonder, as all love stories should be.”—San Francisco Examiner
The iconic tale of love and loss that has touched the hearts of millions, Love Story has become one of the most adored novels of our time. It has sold more than twenty-one million copies worldwide and became a blockbuster film starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw. It is the story that told the world, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
This is the story of Oliver Barrett IV, a rich jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law, and Jenny Cavilleri, a wisecracking working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe.
Opposites in nearly every way, Oliver and Jenny are kindred spirits from vastly different worlds. Their attraction to each other is immediate and powerful, and together they share a love that defies everything.
This is their story—a story of two young people and a love so uncompromising it will bring joy to your heart and tears to your eyes.
Download and start listening now!
"Ah! Always a pleasure to re-visit this classic boy-meets-girl story. The "twists" may seem cliche and trivial but it still works. There is something in the simple story telling which keeps you hooked. This is certainly the foundation from which sprung all modern love stories- books and movies alike. Lovable and strictly unforgetable!"
— Rosun (4 out of 5 stars)
Quotes
-
“If you ever need proof that young love never gets old, this is it.”
— O, The Oprah Magazine -
“Funny, touching, and infused with wonder, as all love stories should be.”
— San Francisco Examiner -
“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 -
“The last scene will get to you even if you resist the sentimental torsion and have a skin like naugahyde.”
— Kirkus Reviews
Awards
-
A #1 New York Times bestseller
Love Story Listener Reviews
-
" "Love means never having to say you're sorry..." WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP. You can totally tell this was written by a man. UGH! "
— Ami, 2/14/2014 -
" It makes you wonder, would this book become a bestseller today. A likeable story, but every page in the book is predictable and cliched. Maybe this was the trendsetter for similar novels that we see today from authors like Nicholas Sparks. All characters are without any flaw, but tragedy strikes only the virtuous. Duh..What an innovative idea!!!! "
— Sujaritha, 1/22/2014 -
" Ero adolescente ed ho pianto tanto :( "
— Emanuela, 1/9/2014 -
" Its funny cuz someone have already told me that Ill cry in the end of this book soo ive already had sad expections ans yet, I've finished it and I had tears in my eyes. It was sad, Its like a kind of book that suposed to be sad "
— Leila, 1/1/2014 -
" Finished this in a night. Cried buckets. Hated Nicholas Sparks for stealing the plot. "
— Ayeza, 10/8/2013 -
" A romantic short story knitted with engaging conversations. The book hold such a grip that I empty my bowls only after finishing it. "
— Ankit, 7/30/2013 -
" Hated the book, but when she died, I nearly cried. "
— Maulik, 7/23/2013 -
" well not the best of Love Stories that i have read.. Great fiction story with a bite on reality more than gloominess.. "
— Megha, 7/19/2013 -
" I've read this 100 times and always come back. Its really sad and I have NO clue why I like it, bu there it is "
— Reagan, 7/9/2013 -
" Read it when first written and death wasn't an experience I'd had personally experienced. Think my reaction might be different all these years later. "
— Botz.cathy, 5/9/2013 -
" The only book that made me cry. "
— Eva, 4/1/2013 -
" Gosh I had forgot that i had read this way back when..... I think that i may just re-read it and not feel that I have to day sorry. "
— Gillian, 3/9/2013 -
" Happens to be my 1st book so I never forgot the name of the characters and charm of the first love. "
— Atul, 10/14/2012 -
" Not sure why it was #1 on NYT bestseller for 9 months. They speak derogatorily to each other, which I found unappealing. I did not see anything special about this book. Plus, when the doctor tells Oliver that Jenny is dying, he keeps the news from her! That pisses me off. "
— Heidi, 10/2/2012 -
" simple, pretty, and sad- too sad. "
— Melanie, 8/23/2012 -
" loved the book. it made me cry. i didnt like the first half though. the later half was really amazing. i didnt at all expected this ending. "
— Surobhi, 7/31/2012 -
" not so fishy not so clingy! dabest! Love never means to say sorry! "
— Krista, 6/11/2012 -
" I fall in love again.and again. read tgis book with the evergreen song,love story, and you will know what I mean. "
— Nadea, 4/30/2012 -
" Alright for a change. I dont prefer mush much :D :D "
— Charu, 4/17/2012 -
" Oh why oh why did I give up precious hours of my life to read this? Never mind that I was a teenager who had nothing else to do. The only redeeming part is that after reading it, I knew that the Mormon romance novel Charly was a complete rip-off. Oh, my wasted youth. "
— G--, 1/19/2012 -
" This book just doesn't seem to age. "
— Jackie, 12/8/2011
About Erich Segal
Erich Segal’s first three novels, Love Story, Oliver’s Story, and Man, Woman, and Child, were all international bestsellers and became major motion pictures. His fourth novel, The Class, was a New York Times bestseller and won literary prizes in both France and Italy. Segal is also the author of Doctors, Acts of Faith, Prizes, and Only Love.