Love Story is a 1970 romance novel by American writer Erich Segal. The books origins were in that of a screenplay Segal wrote and was subsequently approved for production by Paramount Pictures. Paramount requested that Segal adapt the story into novel form as a preview of sorts for the film. The novel was released on February 14, 1970, Valentines Day. Portions of the story originally appeared in The Ladies Home Journal. [1][clarification needed] Love Story became the top-selling work of fiction for all of 1970 in the United States, and was translated into more than 20 languages. The novel stayed for 41 weeks in The New York Times Best Seller list, reaching the top spot. A sequel, Olivers Story, was published in 1977. The film ( Love Story) was released on December 16, 1970
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