The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure

William Goldman’s beloved novel has sold over one million copies. A movie, released twenty years ago, perfectly captured the spirit of the book and has introduced new fans to its pages ever since. In 1941 a young boy lies bedridden from pneumonia. His perpetually disheveled and unattractive father, an immigrant from Florin with terribly broken English, shuffles into his bedroom carrying a book. The boy wants to know if it has any sports. His father says, "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. Passions. Miracles." And the little boy, though he doesn’t know it, is about to change forever. As Goldman says, "What happened was just this. I got hooked on the story." And coming generations of readers will, too.

GOLDMAN.WILLIAM

Literature & Fiction

Harcourt

William Goldman's modern fantasy classic is a simple, exceptional story about quests—for riches, revenge, power, and, of course, true love—that's thrilling and timeless.
Anyone who lived through the 1980s may find it impossible—inconceivable, even—to equate The Princess Bride with anything other than the sweet, celluloid romance of Westley and Buttercup, but the film is only a fraction of the ingenious storytelling you'll find in these pages. Rich in character and satire, the novel is set in 1941 and framed cleverly as an “abridged” retelling of a centuries-old tale set in the fabled country of Florin that's home to “Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passions.”

Parenting & Relationships

Mariner Books

Father's day

Harcourt, Brace. Jovanovich

A writer's view on life and art are revealed during his attempts to edit the children's classic that shaped his literary ambitions

Separated from her blanket, Wigger, an orphan nearly dies of loneliness until an extraordinary wind from Zurich brings them together again.

Wigger.

Children's Books

Harcourt Childrens Books

The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventur

Harcourt. 1 Paperback(s)

Colour of Light

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Holly has been brutally raped. Barely conscious, she mouths two words: The Mex. Alone in a bar, a youngish woman waits for her boyfriend. A big Mexican moves towards her, drunk, but doing a decent job of hiding it. She is not usually frightened...Who is the Mex? What manner of man? Nick Escalante has the answer. Escalante is the master of edged weapons: a tough guy a good guy, about to wake up to his five thousandth morning in Las Vegas (and that's long enough for anyone to have luck on the their side). He roams the sleazy underside of the city picking up bucks as a chaperone. His mission is to earn the freedom money he needs to retire, to avenge an appalling rape, and to satisfy the honor of a misjudged an. Along the way he meets an array of bizarre characters.

Edged Weapons

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

HarperCollins, Publishers

William Goldman's remarkable career spans more than five decades, and his credentials run the gamut from bestselling novelist to Oscar-winning screenwriter to Hollywood raconteur. He's beloved by millions of readers as the author of the classic comic-romantic fantasy The Princess Bride. And he's notorious for creating the most harrowing visit to the dentist in literary and cinematic history--in one of the seminal thrillers of the twentieth century. . . .MARATHON MANTom "Babe" Levy is a runner in every sense: racing tirelessly toward his goals of athletic and academic excellence--and endlessly away from the specter of his famous father's scandal-driven suicide. But an unexpected visit from his beloved older brother will set in motion a chain of events that plunge Babe into a vortex of terror, treachery, and murder--and force him into a race for his life . . . and for the answer to the fateful question, "Is it safe?"

MARATHON MAN

Thrillers & Suspense

PAN BOOKS LTD (ENGLAND)

Marathon Man

Macmillan

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