The princess bride

S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure

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William Goldman: The princess bride (2003, Ballantine Books)

429 pages

English language

Published Sept. 11, 2003 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-41826-5
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OCLC Number:
53223777

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4 stars (2 reviews)

The Princess Bride is a timeless tale that pits country against country, good against evil, love against hate. This incredible journey and artfully rendered love story is peppered with strange beasties monstrous and gentle, memorable surprises both terrible and sublime, and such unforgettable characters as...

Westley, the handsome farm boy who risks death (and much worse) for the woman he loves; Inigo, the Spanish swordsman who lives only to avenge his father's death; Fezzik, the gentlest giant ever to have uprooted a tree with his bear hands; Vizzini, the evil Sicilian, with a mind so keen he's foiled by his own perfect logic; Prince Humperdinck, the eviler ruler of Guilder, who has an equally insatiable thirst for war and beauteous Buttercup; Count Rugen, the evilest man of all, who thrives on the excruciating pain of others; Miracle Max, the King's ex-Miracle Man, who …

22 editions

Prototype of a Damsel in Distress Book

4 stars

This is a romantic story about true love, fights and insidiousness, magic and wonder, staged in a ruritanian fantasy country somewhere in Europe.

I've read this book quite late in my live (and have not seen the film until now), so maybe some of the magic got lost in my immortal cynicism (this was written after I took the red pill).

Buttercup, a beauty living on a farm, finds her True Love in Winsley, the farm boy, who plans to go to America to succeed before he wants to come back - for her. And then Winsley is said to be killed by the dreaded Pirate Roberts. Buttercup - thinking that her loved is killed - surrenders to the courting of Prince Humperdinck. Before the marriage she gets kidnapped by Spanish fencing master Inigo Montoya, Fezzik the gigantic wrestler from Turkey and the smart Sicilian criminal Vezzini. But they get …

Surprisingly similar to the movie

4 stars

Having watched the movie several times throughout my life, I was only recently made aware that it was adapted from a book. For the scenes that existed in both book and movie, I could clearly visualize the characters and their voices. It was great to get more details and backstory of the world and its characters.

I liked the meta style of writing with the author jumping in here and there to explain various edits, additions and cuts. But I wasn't so much invested in the author's family life.