Summary "Love Story"

     Oliver Barrett, who is studying at Harvard University, meets a girl called Jenny Cavillery, who is studying at Radcliffe University. They are very different people, in terms of background, character and interests. Oliver’s father is a wealthy banker, and Jenny’s father is a hardworking baker. Oliver´s great interest is sport, and Jenny is music. Their attittudes to their families are different, too.

  Jenny is very close to ther father,  and calls him by his first name, while Oliver always seems annoyed with his father and can’t communicate with him.

    Despite these differences, Oliver and Jenny fall in love, and they decide to get married after their graduation. Oliver´s father thinks his son is geeting married too young, and refuses to allow him any more money. Oliver has three years ahead of him of law school before he can practise as a lawyer, and is too proud to plead with his father, so Jenny gives up her music scholarship in Paris and works as a teacher to support Oliver.

   They are very poor, but happy. Jenny tries hard to bring Oliver and his father together, but without success. Finally, Oliver finishes law school, with excellent results, and is immediately offered awell-paid job in a large company in New York. Now they are comfortably off and look forward to having a baby.

 

Nothing happens, and when they go to consult a doctor, he tells Oliver that Jenny is dying of a serious blood disease.  Oliver is horrified and tries to keep it a secret from Jenny, but she soon discovers the truth. A month later Jenny goes into the hospital. Oliver has to borrow a lot of money from his father to pay the medical bills, but he still cannot bring himself to talk properly to his father, or tell him about Jenny.

 

She died in Oliver´s arms. Oliver´s father hears about her illness, and comes to offer help. For the first time, Oliver breaks down, and accepts his father love and support.