The story is written in the I-form and in this case Oliver is the I-person. It starts at the beginning, when they meet and ends when they are separated because Jenny dies. The story tells about Ollie’s and Jenny’s life together, which lasts about three to five years. The story is written in chronological order and has no flashbacks. Later on, when they married they moved to New York City. Oliver studies at Harvard and Jenny at Radcliffe, which are both part of Harvard University in Cambridge, a town near Boston, Massachussettes. The story takes place in the 1960s in America. Also because it was made into a very successful film starring Ali McGraw and Ryan O’Neal.
Over 21 million copies have been sold in 33 languages and it became one of the biggest best sellers of the 1970s. PUBLISHED BY: Harper and Row, New York and Hodder and Stoughton, London TYPE OF BOOK: A classical, tragic love story
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