The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride ( Original title: The Princess Bride ) is the title of a 1973 book printed by William Goldman, in which he pretends to have not even written the book, but only shortened and edited. The original had the subtitle S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and noble adventures. This is the book is a modern, comedic tale on the border of persiflage. The book was made ​​into a film in 1987, in German with the revised title The Princess Bride.

Content

The content revolves around the fictional book S. Morgenstern's classic tale of true love and noble adventures. At the beginning told Goldman in autobiographical form of his first alleged contacts with the book as a ten year old, completely uninterested in reading boy. Then we are told how Goldman shortened for his son the story of the hereafter -to-read version.

This abridged version of the book is the real action, with a fairy-tale prince, princess, faith healers and fighters in the Goldman repeatedly in small submissions should speak up and explain which passages he had any reason deleted.

Basically, the action coincides with that of the film, so we will refrain from a repeated description. By - some snappy - comments that Goldman fits over again, the point of view of the book on the " romantic love story " between Buttercup and Westley, however, is considerably more pessimistic. Thus, although also ends the book with a (preliminary) happy ending, but the forecast that prepares Goldman for his hero, is anything but rosy.

Continued: butter Blume Baby

Some new editions of the novel ( as well as the below referenced German edition of 2003) contained the first chapter of the allegedly also dating from the spring S. Morgenstern's novel butter Blume's Baby, in which the action is continued. This Waverly, will the child Westleys and butter Blume, kidnapped by order of the Prince Humperdinck. Goldman runs this Chapter a with a ( fictional) statement that the translation of the full version of florinesischen work of Stephen King would have to be written. King did Goldman left the translation of the first chapter despite legal difficulties with the heirs of S. Morgenstern's out of kindness.

Indeed, it has to exist (December 2008) no more chapters to continue.

Filming

In the film The Princess Bride by Rob Reiner, Peter Falk reads his grandson grandpa as the book before. In the film, however, lacks the satirical text passages in which Goldman explains why he has made ​​here cuts.

Audiobook

There is also a German book, is read in the Goldman's complete original text. Bela B. reads Goldman's comments and Jochen Malmsheimer the fictitious Morgenstern text.