Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll! The results are in and we’ll be reading The Princess Bride by William Goldman.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to beâŚwellâŚa 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 Dadâs recitation, and only the âgood partsâ reached his ears.
Now Goldman does Dad one better. Heâs reconstructed the âGood Parts Versionâ to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.
Whatâs 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, itâs about everything.
Discussion pages will be made in the following weeks.
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âA mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs.
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