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The Notebook

  • 1996 first published
  • 244 pages
  • ★ 3.6 (26 ratings)
  • 53 editions

The Notebook is a 1996 historical romance novel by Nicholas Sparks. The story is set in North Carolina, in the 20th century. Characters include Allie Nelson and Noah Calhoun. It deals with man-woman relationships, oral reading, older people and ancianos.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.6 out of 5 from 26 ratings, and 727 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 53 editions across 5 languages.

At about 244 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The Notebook

A man with a faded, well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. Until he begins to read to her. An achingly tender story about the enduring power of love. A man with a faded, well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. Until he begins to read to her. The Notebook is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love, a story of miracles that will stay with you forever. Set amid the austere beauty of coastal North Carolina in 1946, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner returned home from World War II. Noah, thirty-one, is restoring a plantation home to its former glory, and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met fourteen years earlier, a girl he loved like no other. Unable to find her, yet unwilling to forget the summer they spent together, Noah is content to live with only memories...until she unexpectedly returns to his town to see him once again. Allie Nelson, twenty-nine, is now engaged to another man, but realizes that the original passion she felt for Noah has not dimmed with the passage of time. Still, the obstacles that once ended their previous relationship remain, and the gulf between their worlds is too vast to ignore. With her impending marriage only weeks away, Allie is forced to confront her hopes and dreams for the future, a future that only she can shape.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Allie Nelson
  • Noah Calhoun

Subjects

  • Man-woman relationships
  • Oral reading
  • Older people
  • Ancianos
  • Novela
  • Relaciones hombre-mujer
  • Aged
  • Love stories
  • North Carolina
  • Historical romance
  • Romance fiction
  • Kärlek
  • Skönlitteratur
  • -- North Carolina
  • Romance
  • --north carolina

Quick answers

Who wrote The Notebook?

The Notebook was written by Nicholas Sparks and first published in 1996.

What genre is The Notebook?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance.

How long is The Notebook?

The median edition has 244 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Notebook?

Readers who like it often enjoy Outlander, Brooklyn and A Farewell to Arms.

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