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'''''[[Tagline|A Hot Fairy-Tale]]'''''
A 1973 book by [[William Goldman]], '''''The Princess Bride''''' is about the trials of true love in the Renaissance European nation of Florin. The story stars Buttercup, a simple yet incredibly beautiful farmgirl, and Westley, the farmhand she enjoys ordering around. Although they realize that they share the incredibly rare thing called "true love", fate conspires to keep them apart, as Westley is lost at sea.
Five years later, Prince Humperdinck, who rules Florin in place of his elderly and doddering father, decides to celebrate the kingdom's 500th anniversary by marrying Buttercup, who is still the most beautiful woman in the kingdom. Buttercup, knowing that the Prince is well within his rights and believing she can never love again anyway, reluctantly agrees.
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In a plot against the throne, Buttercup is kidnapped by the criminal trio of Vizzini (the mastermind), Fezzik (the dumb muscle) and Inigo Montoya (the world's greatest fencer, traveling to avenge his father) - but their steps are hampered by a mysterious man in black who seems determined to stop them at all costs. The subsequent adventures are madcap, iconic and brilliant.
The book uses a [[Framing Device]] with the author [[Adaptation Distillation|"abridging"]] an older story in order to turn a very satirical (and rather cynical) adult novel by the Florinese author S. Morgenstern into the adventure tale for children [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|that he remembers his father reading to him as a kid]]. He was so successful with it that over decades since its publication more than a few fans have searched in vain for the fictional "original version".
It was later adapted by the author into a well-known [[The Princess Bride (film)|film of the same name]].
The new edition published for the book's 25th anniversary included additional commentary (including some remarks on the film), and a rather confusing preview chapter from a projected sequel, ''Buttercup's Baby'', which implicitly references Goldman's unrelated novel ''Control''. Unfortunately, [[Author Existence Failure|Goldman died]] before finishing the sequel.
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* [[The Evil Prince]]
* [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]]
* [[Fictional Document]]: The "original book" by S. Morgenstern, which Goldman was allegedly adapting.
* [[Fingertip Drug Analysis]]: Parodied.
{{quote|'''Man in Black:''' What you do not smell is called Iocaine powder. It is odorless, tasteless, dissolves instantly in liquid and is among the more deadly poisons known to man.
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'''[[Scarily Competent Tracker|Humperdinck]]''' ''(sniffing the vial, later):'' Iocaine! I'd bet my life on it. }}
* [[Five-Bad Band]]: (At least before the kidnapping)
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