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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 ...

   • Author: William Goldman
   • Pages: 493

   • Publish Year: 1973
   • Publication date: 1973

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   Oct 8, 2007 · Twenty-fifth and thirtieth anniversary editions of The Princess Bride have contained new forwards that continue the story that Goldman uses as the novel’s framing device. And after the novel’s end, there is a lengthy introduction to a substantial sample of the novel’s fictitious sequel, Buttercup’s Baby.

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4. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Princess Bride by William Goldman | Goodreads

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   Sep 1, 1973 · And four— The Martian, The Godfather, The Silence of the Lambs, and this book, The Princess Bride—are great books that were turned into all-time masterpiece-level movies. Mr. Goldman wrote the screenplay as well as the novel. In the movie, he used the framing device of the grandfather reading the story to his sick grandson.

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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 ...

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7. www.sparknotes.com › lit › princessbrideThe Princess Bride: Study Guide | SparkNotes

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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 ...

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   Oct 8, 2007 · Fans of the original book and the 1980s’ film will enjoy this retelling of THE PRINCESS BRIDE, but only as a nostalgic curiosity. This version is even shorter than Goldman's fictitious abridgment of S. Morgenstern's "original," and it comes off more like a synopsis than a real fairy tale.

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   Is the Princess Bride a true story?

   • Los Angeles Times A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts--The Princess Bride is a modern storytelling classic.

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   Who starred in 'the Princess Bride'?

   • The Princess Bride was unforgettably depicted in the 1987 now cult classic film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Fred Savage, Robin Wright, Billy Crystal, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Cary Elwes, and others. WILLIAM GOLDMAN has been writing books and movies for more than forty years.

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   Did William Goldman read the Princess Bride?

   • 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.

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   Is the Princess Bride about love?

   • “It's not about love at all. It's about The Princess Bride !” “Young man,” he said sternly, “ The Princess Bride is about nothing if not love.” “What about adventure?” “Love–true love–is the biggest adventure of all. Now, tell me your troubles.” So I did. The professor listened without interrupting. When I finished, he raised his snowy eyebrows.

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