On one level, this witty short story describes a future in which traditional gender roles are reversed and men have quite literally become enslaved to the capricious whims of their female masters. On another level, "Love Story" can be read as a satirical indictment of the increasing materialism that took hold of middle-class America in the 1950s.
On one level, this witty short story describes a future in which traditional gender roles are reversed and men have quite literally become enslaved to the capricious whims of their female masters. On another level, "Love Story" can be read as a satirical indictment of the increasing materialism that took hold of middle-class America in the 1950s.