Princess Bride [Version coupée] [Anglais] [Poche]

The Princess Bride is a true fantasy classic. William Goldman describes it as a "good parts version" of "S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure." Morgenstern's original was filled with details of Florinese history, court etiquette, and Mrs. Morgenstern's mostly complimentary views of the text. Much admired by academics, the "Classic Tale" nonetheless obscured what Mr. Goldman feels is a story that has everything: "Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles."

Goldman frames the fairy tale with an "autobiographical" story: his father, who came from Florin, abridged the book as he read it to his son. Now, Goldman is publishing an abridged version, interspersed with comments on the parts he cut out.

Is The Princess Bride a critique of classics like Ivanhoe and The Three Musketeers, that smother a ripping yarn under elaborate prose? A wry look at the differences between fairy tales and real life? Simply a funny, frenetic adventure? No matter how you read it, you'll put it on your "keeper" shelf. --Nona Vero --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Fans of the original book and the 1980s' film will enjoy this retelling of THE PRINCESS BRIDE, but only as a nostalgic curiosity. This version is even shorter than Goldman's fictitious abridgment of S. Morgenstern's "original," and it comes off more like a synopsis than a real fairy tale. Reiner, director of the film, is no narrator, but he gives it a good try. He sounds more like a mildly hurried father reading this book to his children, a quality that, while charming, fails to make a strong listening experience. Listeners familiar with the story will still laugh at all the right points, as Reiner's appreciation for the text does come across, despite the lackluster reading. A.A. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition CD .

Il était une fois... la plus belle des aventures, auréolée par le grand amour, le seul, le vrai. Si bien qu'elle est devenue la favorite de millions de lecteurs. Princess Bride est un livre culte qui devint un film culte. Un récit de duels à l'épée, de bagarres, de torture, de poison, d'amour, de haine, de vengeance, de géants, de chasseurs, de méchants, de gentils, de serpents, d'araignées, de monstres, de poursuites, d'évasions, de mensonges, de vérités, de passion et de miracles. Ce conte intemporel écrit par S. Morgenstern - redécouvert et merveilleusement abrégé par William Goldman - est peuplé de personnages aussi inoubliables que Westley, le beau valet de ferme qui risque sa vie, pour la femme qu'il aime ; Inigo Montoya, le bretteur espagnol qui ne vit que pour venger la mort de son père; Fezzik, le plus doux et le plus fort des colosses... et bien sûr, Bouton d'or: la princesse, la fiancée, la femme idéale, la plus belle de toute l'histoire du monde. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a 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 Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.

Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.

What's 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, it's about everything.

Eventually to be adapted for the silver screen, THE PRINCESS BRIDE was originally a beautifully simple, insightfully comic story of what happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince in the world--and he turnsout to be a son of a bitch. Guaranteed to entertain both young and old alike by combining scenes of rowsing fantasy with hilarious reality, THE PRINCESS BRIDE secures Goldman's place as a master storyteller.

Buttercup's and Westley's love for each other is interrupted when Prince Humperdinck demands her to marry him. Westley battles everything, including death, to get her back.

Believe it or not, my future husband used this book to win my hand. I think giving it to me as a gift was his way of proving that he is a hopeless romantic, since the book is so wonderfully hopelessly romantic. So far, he's lived up to it! If you've only seen the movie, but love it, then you should definitely read the book. Also look for the 25th Anniversary (yes, it's really been that long) edition this Christmas--it includes the first chapter of the forthcoming sequel, Buttercup's Baby.

"His swashbuckling fable is nutball funny...a 'classic' medieval melodrama that sounds like all the Saturday serials you ever saw feverishly reworked by the Marx Brothers."
--Newsweek

"One of the funniest, most original and deeply moving novels I have read in a long time."
--Los Angeles Times

"A comic adventure romance which moves all over the world and dances through history...carried off with fantastic inventive energy and lightness, everything converted into pure story...The Princess Bride is a joyous and releasing book."
--Ross MacDonald

William Goldman, écrivain et scénariste depuis plus de quarante ans, a remporté deux Oscar(r) et trois récompenses pour l'ensemble de sa carrière. Princess Bride est son chef-d'œuvre, un roman unique en son genre et un classique dans le monde entier. Cette édition du 25e anniversaire comprend les inédits : Le Bébé de Bouton d'or (la suite !) et deux savoureuses introductions. Un merveilleux hommage aux romans de cape et d'épée et aux contes de fées de notre enfance, plein de poésie et d'humour. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

William Goldman is a novelist and screenwriter whose books include Boys and Girls Together, Marathon Man, and The Silent Gondoliers: a Fable by S. Morgenstern. Movies he has written include "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Stepford Wives," "All the President's Men," "Marathon Man," and "A Bridge Too Far."