The Princess Bride
(William Goldman)
The Princess Bride was written by the celebrated author William Goldman. Mr. Goldman penned such other famous works as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Maverick. Both Maverick and The Princess Bride were made into movies (the latter stars Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, and Fred Savage, while the former stars Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster). The story is one of love ? a poor farm boy who comes to rescue his love from the arms of a murderous prince. In the movie, the tale is told, almost in the manner of a fairy tale, by a grandfather (played, in the movie, by the Peter Falk) to his sick grandson. However, the book is somewhat different. It is told through the eyes of the author, whose father used to read him the book when he was a child. The author claims that when he went back and read it for himself as an adult, he realized that his father had edited the story as he went along to remove the boring parts. So, William Goldman writes his tale as if it were really the translation of an original tale from an invented place called Florin (one will be amused to note that the main two countries in this tale are named after types of money: Florin and Guilder). The text is filled with notes from the author where he claims to have left out parts of the original work (by a one S. Morgenstern) such as 81 pages of a bald princess trying on hats. For those who already love the movie (it is my favorite movie of all times), I highly recommend the book because of the style of writing. While there still exists the main love story, it is wrapped up in even more humor than the film. For example, Buttercup, the leading lady, runs into a tree within the first chapter!
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