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The Princess Bride, October 2007
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The Princess Bride
William Goldman

S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale Of True Love And High Adventure; The "Good Parts" Version

Harcourt
October 2007
On Sale: October 8, 2007
Featuring: Buttercup
512 pages
ISBN: 0156035219
EAN: 9780156035217
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
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Fantasy

What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams?

As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the "S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.

Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.

What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex.

In short, it's about everything.

Eventually to be adapted for the silver screen, THE PRINCESS BRIDE was originally a beautifully simple, insight-fully comic story of what happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince in the world--and he turns out to be a son of a bitch. Guaranteed to entertain both young and old alike by combining scenes of rousing fantasy with hilarious reality, THE PRINCESS BRIDE secures Goldman's place as a master storyteller.

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11 comments posted.

Re: The Princess Bride

I loved it when Westley would answer Buttercup with "As You Wish."
(Jane Cheung 3:16am November 9, 2009)

My fave:
Westley: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me?
Buttercup: Well... you were dead.
Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
Buttercup: I will never doubt again.
Westley: There will never be a need.

*sigh* I have two copies of that dvd :)
(Ali Flores 11:46am November 9, 2009)

I have a favorite line from a book that was made into a play and Joel Grey spoke it at a theater in the round. The line is: "I'm from Brazil ... where the nuts come from!" It still gives me a silly grin.
(Alyson Widen 11:49am November 9, 2009)

Sorry, I forgot to mention this line was from Charley's Aunt.
(Alyson Widen 11:51am November 9, 2009)

I enjoyed the movie, but my husband and daughter consider it one of their favorites???
(Karin Tillotson 12:03pm November 9, 2009)

I love that movie, but I haven't watched it forever!
(Lisa Glidewell 1:33pm November 9, 2009)

I do not have a favorite line but I do love the scene were they are drinking the poison.
(Annetta Stolpmann 1:41pm November 9, 2009)

I do not have a favorite line, but I love the fact that no one can ever penetrate a mask as a disguise.
(Mary Preston 3:52pm November 9, 2009)

I don't have a favorite line, just enjoying all of it is enough.
(Diane Sadler 7:00pm November 9, 2009)

I have loved The Princess Bride since I first read it in 1975(at the time,Mr. Goldman offered to send an alternate ending. I sent for it and it was really good. Over the years, I have lost the book and alternate ending). There are so many lines I adore. Like Inigo Montoya telling Vizzini,"You keep using that word(inconceivable). I do not think it means what you think it means."
(Patsy Hagen 7:14pm November 9, 2009)

My daughter's favorite movie.
(Lisa Richards 9:44pm November 9, 2009)