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The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version is a 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman. The book combines elements of comedy, adventure, fantasy, drama, romance, and fairy tale. It is metafictionally presented as an abridgment of a longer work by the ...
- William Goldman
- 1973
Sep 1, 1973 · The Princess Bride, William Goldman The Princess Bride is a 1987 American romantic comedy fantasy adventure film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, André the Giant and Christopher Guest.
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Oct 8, 2007 · William Goldman (b. 1931) is an Academy Award–winning author of screenplays, plays, memoirs, and novels. His first novel, The Temple of Gold (1957), was followed by the script for the Broadway army comedy Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole (1961).
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The Princess Bride begins with William Goldman's discussion of his life, his family, the book itself (written, he assures us, by S. Morgenstern), and its relation to his own childhood and adulthood. He proclaims that it is his favorite book and that he has edited out the "good parts," the action stories that his father read to him when he was ...
The Princess Bride Summary. When the author, William Goldman, is ten years old, he comes down with pneumonia. He spends ten days in the hospital and when he comes home, Goldman's father, a Florinese immigrant, starts to read him The Princess Bride, a classic Florinese adventure tale written by S. Morgenstern.
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William Goldman ’s The Princess Bride is a 1973 novel that tells the story of a young woman named Buttercup and her true love, Westley. The story unfolds as Westley embarks on a quest to rescue Buttercup from an unwanted marriage. The novel is presented as an abridged version of a fictional book by S. Morgenstern, with Goldman providing ...
Nov 1, 2000 · 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.
