The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (Hardcover)

from elliepotten

Like many people I expect, I came to this book having already seen and loved the 1987 movie - a fact that is beautifully exploited by Goldman in this up-to-date edition of his cult classic. From the first page of his tongue-in-cheek introduction I found myself stifling giggles, reading about the ...

from courtneygiraldo

So many feels this week, be still my heart! Let me first give you all a little backstory. Growing up a child of the 80's, The Princess Bride has always been, hands down, my most favorite movie of all time. I can quote the entire movie line by line (and to the annoyance of those who watch the movi...

from StoutHearted

A thoroughly charming novel, or more acurately: a fictional novel inside a fictional novel. Like many, I was a fan of the movie and didn't know that there was a novel that came first. I was pleasantly surprised how faithful the film was in structure: the film has the story unfold through a grandf...

from rosa.draconum

I first read this book as a very small child. I had seen the movie first (it's one of the first movies I ever remember seeing) and was eager to get my hands on the book. I managed to get about half way through. Mostly I skipped over abridger William Goldman's lengthy interjections, but I did read...

from oddbird26

One of my favorite books ever, and I don't use "favorite" lightly. The first time I read this, it was on a 13 hr car trip, and I don't think I put the book down once. For someone who usually tries to sleep away long car trips, that's saying something. If you love the movie, you'll love the book e...