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The Princess Bride
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- princesses
- good and evil
- princes
- action & adventure
- fantasy
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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.
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From WikiquoteThis is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.
People don't remember me. Really. It's not a paranoid thing; I just have this habit of slipping through memories. It doesn't bother me all that much, except I guess that's a lie; it does. For some reason, I test very high on forgettability.
Even today, that's how I summon back my father when the need arises. Slumped and squinting and halting over words, giving me Morgenstern's masterpiece as best he could. The Princess Bride belonged to my father.
But my father only read me the action stuff, the good parts. He never bothered with the serious side at all.
More by William Goldman
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Princess Bride1976Princess Bride
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Adventures in the screen trade1983Adventures in the screen trade
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The Temple of Gold1957The Temple of Gold
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La princesa prometida2005La princesa prometida
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Misery1989Misery
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Los gondoleros silenciosos2010Los gondoleros silenciosos
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Soldier in the Rain1966Soldier in the Rain
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The Thing of It Is.1967The Thing of It Is.
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El Señor De Las Moscas1900El Señor De Las Moscas
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Pack La princesa prometida con bolsa2018Pack La princesa prometida con bolsa
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Nuevas aventuras de un guionista en Hollywood2002Nuevas aventuras de un guionista en Hollywood
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La princesa promesa2018La princesa promesa
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