• The Princess Bride

  • S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (The "Good Parts" Version)
  • By: William Goldman
  • Narrated by: Rob Reiner
  • Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (49 ratings)

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The Princess Bride

By: William Goldman
Narrated by: Rob Reiner
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Publisher's summary

This adventure story has everything you could want: a handsome good guy, a pretty heroine, some bad guys, sword fighting, revenge, romance, and of course a happy ending, along with “rodents of unusual size.” Join Westley (the plucky farm boy), Buttercup (the beautiful young maiden), Inigo Montoya (the driven, embittered swordsman), Prince Humperdinck (the scheming villain), and many other strange and unusual characters in this swashbuckling tale of good-natured silliness.

Read by Rob Reiner, who directed the motion picture based on this fairy tale adventure.

©1973 William Goldman (P)2006 Phoenix Books, Inc.

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great listening

love this book it's so comedic and full of childhood memories. the narration is wonderful and I will definitely recommend it

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My Favorite

This story never gets old. Amusing and intelligent, with irresistible lines meant to be recited, this book belongs in every library.

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Awesome!


I liked it because it was so adventuresome. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventuress books.

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Brilliant abridged

Thank you for abridging this book, I was so happy to listen to it. Truly fantastic.

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Not a full version. . .

If Rob Reiner only had 4hrs to give the project, there are any number of good readers that would have accepted good payment to read the full story. The book and the movie are both amazing, but very different stories. I expected the dark humor that originally made the book so great, but instead got some abbreviated trash that is neither the movie nor the book

Recommend a hard pass.

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Rob is a great narrator

But the movie was definitely better than the book.
Need 6 more words, here they are

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Not full version

Disappointed to find that this version is not the full version of the actual Princess Bride book. Not worth listening or reading this short story version imo

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This is not the William Goldman abridged version!!

This is not the William Goldman abridged version (which is over 500 pages)! This is a short story version of an abridged book. It is only 2.5hrs long. The real book is amazing. this is essentially the movie. Although the movie is the greatest movie of all time, the book is better (I know it's a cliche, but true). I bought this assuming it was the book. It is not. What a bummer! I want my money back. better yet, I want an audible version of William Goldman's classic.

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