The Princess Bride
(William Goldman)
It is a wonderful story that won?t fail to delight people of all ages. This is classic good stuff!
The book has been taken to the cinema and I highly recommend both the movie and the book.
The introduction starts out with the author reminiscing about his school days, and how this is the best book he has never read
This fairy tale begins on a farm in the countryside. There lives a beautiful, young woman named Buttercup who learns that "as you wish" really means "I love you" when she falls for her farmhand Westley. While trying to seek his fortune, Westley disappears at sea and becomes an apparent victim of the Dread Pirate Roberts
Assuming that Westly has been killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts, Buttercup agrees to marry Prince Humperdink after informing him that she will never love him. Before the wedding, she is kidnapped by a hunchback (Vezzini, the Sicilian), a giant (Fezzik the Turk) and a swordsman (Inigo, the Spaniard). A man in black, wearing a mask, pursues them, gaining on them despite the inconceivable odds. The man in black climbs the impossible Cliffs of Insanity, beats Inigo?s sword, Fezzik?s strength and Vezzini?s intellect. He then takes Buttercup as his own prize.
.Just as Buttercup escapes the man in black, she realizes that he is Westley. Things get even more difficult for the two lovers from there
This is one of the best examples of a ?has-it-all? book and a great film
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