'The Princess Bride: S. Morganstern’s Classic Tale of True Love & High Adventure' book review
Book Review: The Princess Bride William Goldman’s 1973 novel “The Princess Bride: S. Morganstern’s Classic Tale of True Love & High Adventure” is a warm-hearted and funny book for readers of all ages. As conceived by the man who wrote “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and adapted Cornelius Ryan’s “A Bridge Too Far” and Stephen King’s “Misery” for the silver screen, “The Princess Bride” is supposedly an abridged – the “good parts” – version of a much longer book written by S. Morganstern. Goldman, who wrote “The Princess Bride” when his two daughters asked for stories about “princesses” and “brides,” cleverly mixes elements of adventure, comedy, fairy tales, fantasy, and romance in his tale about a beautiful maiden, Buttercup, and Westley, the handsome farm boy she loves. As in director Rob Reiner’s beloved 1987 film (for which Goldman wrote the screenplay), Buttercup and Westley live in a farm in the (mythical) country of Florin during the Renaissance. She’s...