The princess bride : S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure

The Resource The princess bride : S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure

Label: The princess bride : S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and high adventure

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

Statement of responsibility: the "good parts" version, abridged by William Goldman

Goldman, William, 1931-

Language: eng

Summary: "Westley . . . handsome farm boy who risks death and much, much worse for the woman he loves; Inigo . . . the Spanish swordsman who lives only to avenge his father's death; Fezzik . . . the Turk, the gentlest giant ever to have uprooted a tree with his bare 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 the 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 can raise the dead (kind of); The Dread Pirate Roberts . . . supreme looter and plunderer of the high seas; and, of course, Buttercup . . . the princess bride, the most perfect, beautiful woman in the history of the world." --Cover

Writing style

Witty

Cataloging source: DLC

Dewey number: 813/.54

Illustrations: illustrations

Index: no index present

Intended audience: 870

Intended audience source: Lexile

LC call number: PS3557.O384

LC item number: P75 2003

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile: 870

Literary form: fiction

Series statement: Ballantine reader's circle

Target audience: adult

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleVariationRemainder: S. Morgensterns classic tale of true love and high adventure : the "good parts" version

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