The Princess Bride
William Goldman, 1973
A swashbuckling fairy tale with a narrator who keeps interrupting: fencing, true love, revenge, and the funniest asides in fiction.
William Goldman
Goldman won Oscars for writing Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and later adapted The Princess Bride for Rob Reiner's 1987 film.
Feels like joy, love and tenderness.
A declaration of love that gets stuck on the arithmetic.
Buttercup shook her head.Westley shook his too. “You never have been the brightest, I guess.”“Do you love me, Westley? Is that it?”He couldn’t believe it. “Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches! If your love were -”“I don’t understand that first one yet,” Buttercup interrupted. She was starting to get very excited now. “Let me get this straight. Are you saying my love is a grain of sand and yours is this other thing? Images confuse me so - is this universal business of yours bigger than my sand? Help me, Westley. I have the feeling we’re on the verge of something just terribly important.” Books by William Goldman
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