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The Princess Bride: A Hot Fairy Tale

by William Goldman

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ISBN13: 9780345348036
ISBN10: 0345348036
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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.

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

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Now a cult classic, this story of pirates, evil princes, sorcerers, and, most importantly, true love is handsomely repackaged in a commemorative 25th anniversary hardcover.

About the Author

William Goldman is a novelist and screenwriter whose books include Boys and Girls Together, Marathon Man, and The Silent Gondoliers: a Fable by S. Morgenstern. Movies he has written include "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Stepford Wives," "All the President's Men," "Marathon Man," and "A Bridge Too Far."

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brittant shea jewell, May 4, 2009 (view all comments by brittant shea jewell)
im 12 and i absolutly love the movie and i can wait to read the book!
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Michael Padrick, August 4, 2007 (view all comments by Michael Padrick)
Fantastic! I'd always loved the film as a kid, but when I read the original I was reminded - once again - why the book is almost always better than the movie!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780345348036
Editor:
Goldman, William
Publisher:
Random House
Author:
Goldman, William
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Princesses
Subject:
Fantasy
Subject:
Adventure stories
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Castles
Subject:
Fantasy - Historical
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
Adventure fiction
Edition Number:
25
Edition Description:
1st Ballantine Books mass market ed.
Abridged:
Y
Series Volume:
6
Publication Date:
September 1987
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
6.98x4.24x1.13 in. .46 lbs.

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