![]() ![]() Goldman says he is abridging this tale for the reader, deeming his telling “the good parts version.” (Again, Goldman is not actually abridging anything, since the “original” is something he made up.) The second story Goldman tells is one from his own fictionalized life-how Goldman's father, a Florinese immigrant to the U.S., read him The Princess Bride as a child, and how Goldman goes on to try to share this story with his own son, Jason. This tale follows the hero Westley as he fights for his love, Buttercup, against the conniving Prince Humperdinck. Morgenstern from the country of Florin (both Morgenstern and Florin are entirely fictional, though Goldman refers to them as if they truly exist both in the novel and his introductory material). The first is the “classic tale” of The Princess Bride, which Goldman claims was originally written by a writer named S. ![]() Throughout The Princess Bride, author (and character) William Goldman sets out to tell two different stories-neither of which are entirely true, yet both of which are presented as factual history. ![]()
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