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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Some
Sharp, witty collegiate dialogue; moderate language including some profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Adult relationship; some sexual content, handled lightly
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
A terminal illness at the center of a love story — grief built in from the beginning; class conflict between old money and working class
What this book is about
Oliver Barrett IV, wealthy and Harvard-bound, falls for Jenny Cavalleri, a witty scholarship student from a different world. Their love is real, their marriage is real — and then Jenny gets sick. Erich Segal's 131-page novel is one of the bestselling books of the 20th century: spare, funny, and devastating in the way that only very simple things can be.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
A terminal illness — the emotional center of the story; handled with simplicity rather than sentimentality
Class difference and family rejection as obstacles
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