Fantasy Classics Humor Romance Young adult 1973

The princess bride by William Goldman

Published in Spanish as La princesa prometida

Fond remembrance of a fairy tale his father read to him in childhood leads an author into re-telling it to his own son.

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What it is

A story hidden inside another · odd and endearing

What happens in it

Story within a story

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you want to laugh out loud
  • you want something big, with room to breathe
  • you want a love story at the heart of it

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