The Princess Bride “The Princess Bride,” by William Goldman is a fictional story filled with adventure, true love, and high fantasy, which is all the qualities needed for a reader getting lost in the story. This novel was first published in 1973 and it became an instant bestseller. This book also got to shine again, when it was made into a movie in 1986 and was added to the list of one of the most famous young adult movies to exist. Ultimately, this book holds many elements to make the story so clever and an absolute joy to read. William Goldman starts the story by claiming that this novel was originally by S. Morgenstern who lived in the country of Florin. Goldman states this at the start of “The Princess Bride” and that he (Goldman) was
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The author enjoyed this book so much he decided to give Jason, his son, a copy of the novel for his birthday. Though when he discovers that his son couldn’t get past the first chapter, he goes through the book to find out that it was nothing like the story his father read to him. At this moment Goldman realizes that his father only read him the good parts and not the boring parts about agriculture and the history of Florin. So Goldman then is set to publish the new edition of this story, but with only the parts he believed to be interesting. It takes some convincing to get his publisher to agree, but after awhile the publisher eventually gives his thumbs up to …show more content…
So instead of finishing the story, Goldman tells the readers that after years of publishing the abridged edition of “The Princess Bride” that he discovered a sequel to the novel named “Buttercup’s Baby.” Though he soon finds out the publishing house wants the famous author Stephen King to write the new edition, but Goldman could not allow this. In response, Goldman goes to discuss this issue with King and they settle on Goldman to try writing the first chapter. At the end of the book, he gives us a sneak peak at the first chapter of the sequel. In those few pages the readers receive interesting information about Fezzik and Inigo’s background, and the chapter literally ends with Fezzik hanging off a cliff trying to save Buttercup’s baby named Waverly. Then Goldman apologizes for the time frame being confusing and promises to continue to work on the sequel. Instead of the fairytale ending of “the end,” it feels like “the end-ish.” Yet again, this is Goldman who’s writing the
The author enjoyed this book so much he decided to give Jason, his son, a copy of the novel for his birthday. Though when he discovers that his son couldn’t get past the first chapter, he goes through the book to find out that it was nothing like the story his father read to him. At this moment Goldman realizes that his father only read him the good parts and not the boring parts about agriculture and the history of Florin. So Goldman then is set to publish the new edition of this story, but with only the parts he believed to be interesting. It takes some convincing to get his publisher to agree, but after awhile the publisher eventually gives his thumbs up to …show more content…
So instead of finishing the story, Goldman tells the readers that after years of publishing the abridged edition of “The Princess Bride” that he discovered a sequel to the novel named “Buttercup’s Baby.” Though he soon finds out the publishing house wants the famous author Stephen King to write the new edition, but Goldman could not allow this. In response, Goldman goes to discuss this issue with King and they settle on Goldman to try writing the first chapter. At the end of the book, he gives us a sneak peak at the first chapter of the sequel. In those few pages the readers receive interesting information about Fezzik and Inigo’s background, and the chapter literally ends with Fezzik hanging off a cliff trying to save Buttercup’s baby named Waverly. Then Goldman apologizes for the time frame being confusing and promises to continue to work on the sequel. Instead of the fairytale ending of “the end,” it feels like “the end-ish.” Yet again, this is Goldman who’s writing the