Eric Segal was a professor of ancient literature who taught at Harvard, Yale and Princeton. He also wrote film scripts - for example, he was one of the authors of the script for the Beatles' Yellow Submarine. In the 1960s He wrote the script for Love Story, which was rejected by several studios in a row until Paramount, which was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, seized on it. Arthur Hiller's film, starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, saved the studio - and, having earned $200 million at the box office, became the first modern blockbuster; the film received five Golden Globe awards and was nominated for seven Oscars, including for best screenplay (received one). In addition, the producers advised Seagal to rework the script into a book - and the novel “Love Story,” released a few months before the film premiere, became an incredible publishing phenomenon: a year on the New York Times bestseller list, a circulation of over 20 million copies, translated into 40 languages. They met by chance in the library - Oliver Barrett IV, a future lawyer, a member of the Harvard hockey team, the son of a successful banker, and Jennifer Cavillieri, a music student, the daughter of a baker. They met - they talked - they got to know each other - they fell in love - they got married (despite the protests of Oliver's father) - and moved on with their lives. Which prepared a tragic surprise for them... “The story, seemingly simple and as old as time, but that’s what touches the soul” (Publishers Weekly). For the 50th anniversary of the legendary bestseller - a special edition! With a foreword by Francesca Segal (the author's daughter). And in the new translation by Viktor Golyshev, the elder of the national school of literary translation.