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The Notebook’s Real Inspiration: A Love Story for the Movies

The Notebook

The story begins in Seabrook Island, South Carolina. A poor quarry worker named Noah Calhoun falls in love with heiress Allison Hamilton. The two had a classic summer love affair, but since they came from different social classes, their love is forbidden. Allie’s parents move her to Charleston after they caught her with Noah, and did everything in their power to keep them separated.

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Noah tried to contact Allie and kept her in his heart after she left. He writes her every day for a year, but after 365 letters, he never got a response. He thought Allie no longer loved him and enlisted to fight in World War II. What he didn’t know was that Allie never got the letters. Her parents kept them hidden from her because they didn’t want their daughter to be with Noah.