![]() ![]() ![]() I know this sounds horribly cheesy, but I see that novel as the spark for the course my life has taken in the almost-twenty years since: my near-obsession with books, my English major in college, my years studying literature in graduate school, my work as a writer and teacher. After I had finished it for a second time, I set off to read every other book I could get my hands on. When I finished the novel, I immediately restarted it. As a kid, I didn’t like to read, but The Princess Bride seemed to set something alight. I first read the novel when I was 13 years old. I’m not sure I’m even able to write about it in an objective way because it’s one of those books that is so deeply branded on my brain that I can’t seem to separate it from my own emotional life. In case it’s not already clear: I am sort of obsessed with The Princess Bride. What many fans of the cult hit don’t realize is that the movie is actually an adaptation of a novel published by William Goldman in 1973, and that this novel is pretty much the best book of all time, for ever and ever, amen. Most people associate The Princess Bride with Rob Reiner’s popular 1987 film. ![]()
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