Title of a novel set in Harvard?
Can anyone help me to find the title of a novel that I read many years ago and was set in Harvard. It wasn't "Love Story". I think that the story was set in the fifties.And it was following some students who just started on their first year in Harvard. Some of the characters were: a local Boston boy who worked all his way to Harvard, a tennis player who had been rejected at Yale because he was a jew and a descendant from the Elliot family. Does anyone know the author/title of this novel?
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The Class by Erich Segal
"Just getting admitted to Harvard is no small accomplishment. So, each of the students enter this elite institute of higher learning with high expectations and intense pressure to succeed. None of that: drinking until dawn, keg parties, skipping classes, and opting for the easy courses. This is a “suicide if I don’t succeed” mentality. Fierce competition….sacrifice…..determination….
The five young men:
Daniel Rossi – A music major. All he ever wanted was his father’s approval, but Dad is a macho, right wing, conservative saying “Why music?”
Jason Gilbert- An “all American” guy, but Jewish, and Yale turned him down because of it. Harvard is his second choice.
Theodore Lambros – A Greek who has the grades, but not enough money so can’t afford to live on campus. He has to commute and work in his Dad’s restaurant in-between classes.
Andrew Eliot – Born with a silver spoon in his mouth; a long history of Harvard men in the family. He’s a great guy, but he is not ambitious.
George Keller – a foreign student who arrives in the United States barely able to speak English determined to pursue a political life. "
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