The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure; The "Good Parts" Version

"A wacky, charming and funny fable . . . about a beautiful princess, her hero, pirates, duels, beasts and the like but with sizzling grown-up passages . . . A saga of true love and high adventure." --The New York Times

"[This] swashbuckling fable is nutball funny . . . A 'classic' medieval melodrama that sounds like all the Saturday serials you ever saw feverishly reworked by the Marx Brothers." --Newsweek

"One of the funniest, most original, and deeply moving novels I have read in a long time." --Los Angeles Times

"It's fun all the way. If you're somewhere between nine and ninety, and have a sense of humor and a spirit of adventure, it's recommended." --The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

"Goldman comes close to matching Tolkien in creating a fantasy kingdom full of outlandishly hilarious characters." — The Virginian-Pilot

"Become a child for a while, slashing at dragons, rescuing fair damsels, and performing derring-do." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Though later in life he was perhaps more guarded concerning the human condition, there can be no doubt that at this stage of his career, especially with The Princess Bride, Morgenstern was the most joyous of all Florinese writers." --Henreid Pavol, author of Middle Morgenstern

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.

As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, the reluctant Princess Buttercup is devastated by the loss of her true love, kidnapped by a mercenary and his henchman, rescued by a pirate, forced to marry Prince Humperdinck, and rescued once again by the very crew who absconded with her in the first place. In the course of this dazzling adventure, she'll meet Vizzini--the criminal philosopher who'll do anything for a bag of gold; Fezzik--the gentle giant; Inigo--the Spaniard whose steel thirsts for revenge; and Count Rugen--the evil mastermind behind it all. Foiling all their plans and jumping into their stories is Westley, Princess Buttercups one true love and a very good friend of a very dangerous pirate.