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The Princess Bride

S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure

By William Goldman

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780156035217

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William Goldman’s beloved novel has sold over one million copies. A movie, released twenty years ago, perfectly captured the spirit of the book and has introduced new fans to its pages ever since. In 1941 a young boy lies bedridden from pneumonia. His perpetually disheveled and unattractive faContinue

William Goldman’s beloved novel has sold over one million copies. A movie, released twenty years ago, perfectly captured the spirit of the book and has introduced new fans to its pages ever since. In 1941 a young boy lies bedridden from pneumonia. His perpetually disheveled and unattractive father, an immigrant from Florin with terribly broken English, shuffles into his bedroom carrying a book. The boy wants to know if it has any sports. His father says, "Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passions. Miracles." And the little boy, though he doesn’t know it, is about to change forever. As Goldman says, "What happened was just this. I got hooked on the story." And coming generations of readers will, too.





And coming generations of readers will too.

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    Good, but not great

    I love this movie, and books are often better than the movies that come later, so perhaps my expectations were too high for this. I did enjoy it, but it seemed to be missing something for me, though I'm really not sure exactly what. The movie is just so much fun, and the book just didn't add anyth ... (continue)

    I love this movie, and books are often better than the movies that come later, so perhaps my expectations were too high for this. I did enjoy it, but it seemed to be missing something for me, though I'm really not sure exactly what. The movie is just so much fun, and the book just didn't add anything to that, at least for me.

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