William Goldman's modern fantasy classic is a simple, exceptional story about quests--for riches, revenge, power, and, of course, true love--that's thrilling and timeless.
Anyone who lived through the 1980s may find it impossible--inconceivable, even--to equate "The Princess Bride" with anything other than the sweet, celluloid romance of Westley and Buttercup, but the film is only a fraction of the ingenious storytelling you'll find in these pages. Rich in character and satire, the novel is set in 1941 and framed cleverly as an "abridged" retelling of a centuries-old tale set in the fabled country of Florin that's home to "Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passions."
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PRAISE FOR "THE PRINCESS BRIDE" "[Goldman's] swashbuckling fable is nutball funny . . . A 'classic' medieval melodrama that sounds like all the Saturday serials you ever saw feverishly reworked by the Marx Brothers." --"Newsweek"
"One of the funniest, most original, and deeply moving novels I have read in a long time." --"Los Angeles Times"
A fun and unique read. I found it to be quite an interesting book after having already seen the film numerous times (which I love). However it was not the most gripping story in the universe and I can't really see why I would feel the need to pick it up again. I'm not going to bash it, however. I think it is definitely worth a look but not something you will probably feel the need to read again and again
The Princess Bride is one of my all-time favourite books, but not for the superb dialogue, but for the brialliant plot. The dialogue does feel cheesy and small-time most of the book, but this movie is a true classic, and the book does it justice. The epic story of a farmboy turned ruthless pirate and farmgirl forced to marry a (extreeeemely odd) prince, this story has love, torture (not the blood and guts type though, one with a water pump), action, fighting, sports and the ultimate test of hilarity in loads of places. When Wesley is presumed dead, the Prince Humperdink (strange, ain't he?) takes the farmgirl Buttercup (honestly people, who comes up with these names?) for his princess, a masked stranger interferes and ruins the princes plot for war by saving the damsel in moderate distress from a grisly end at the hands of her to-be husband.
Through a series of events, The prince captures westley and gives him to the count, who tortures him. then the prince takes 50 years off of his life. Enter the giant and the spainaird (who were until this point the bad guys) who take him to miracle max ('he's only MOSTLY dead. MOSTLY dead, he's still partially alive. there's only one thing to do when their all dead, go through their pockets and look for loose change'). In the end, love triumphs and four white pponies have heart attacks trying to carry them into the sunset.
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