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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