num_pages: 429
description: What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams?As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex.In short, it's about everything.
language: English
title: The Princess Bride
titlecomplete: The Princess Bride
characters: Miracle Max, Prince Humperdinck, Buttercup, Vizzini, The Dread Pirate Roberts, Count Rugen, Westley, Ty Cobb, Inigo Montoya, Fezzik
genres: Adventure, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Comedy, Fantasy, Classics, Fairy Tales, Romance, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 882853
publisher: Ballantine Books