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A kindly grandfather sits down with his grandson and reads him a bedtime story!. The story is one that has been passed down through from father to son for generations!. As the grandfather reads the story, the action comes alive!. The story is a classic tale of love and adventure as the beautiful Buttercup is kidnapped and held against her will in order to marry the odious Prince Humperdinck, and Westley (her childhood beau, now returned as the Dread Pirate Roberts) attempts to save her!. On the way he meets an accomplished swordsman and a huge, super strong giant, both of whom become his companions in his quest!. They meet a few bad guys along the way to rescue Buttercup!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i've never actually read the book, just watched the movie though!. and we all know that the book and the movie never match up!. i don't even know where you could GET the book!. order it i guess!. here is the book version of the plot-



In a Renaissance-era fairy-tale world, a beautiful woman named Buttercup lives on a farm in the fictional country of Florin!. She delights in verbally abusing the farm hand Westley by demanding that he perform chores for her!. Westley's only answer is "As you wish", which represents his great affection for her!. After Buttercup realizes the true meaning of the words, as well as the fact that she returns his love, Westley leaves to seek his fortune so they can marry!. Buttercup later receives word that his ship was attacked at sea by the Dread Pirate Roberts, who is notorious for killing all those whose vessels he boards!. Believing Westley to be dead, Buttercup forcefully is engaged to marry Prince Humperdinck, the heir to the throne of Florin!.
Before the wedding, Buttercup is kidnapped by a trio of outlaws: the Sicilian criminal genius Vizzini, the Spanish fencing master Inigo Montoya, and the enormous and mighty Turkish wrestler Fezzik!. A masked man in black follows them across the sea and up the Cliffs of Insanity, whereupon Vizzini orders Inigo to stop him!. Inigo arranges a fair fight, allowing his opponent to rest before the duel, during which Inigo reveals that he is seeking revenge on a six-fingered man who killed his father!. The man in black wins their duel, but leaves the Spaniard alive!. Vizzini, stunned, orders Fezzik to kill him!. Fezzik, moved by his conscience, throws a rock as a warning, and challenges the man to a wrestling match!. The man then chokes Fezzik until the giant blacks out, at which point the pursuer catches up with Vizzini, who is holding Buttercup hostage, and proposes a battle of wits!. Vizzini is tricked into drinking poison and dies!.
With Prince Humperdinck's rescue party in hot pursuit, the man flees with Buttercup, and reveals that he is the Dread Pirate Roberts, Westley's murderer!. Enraged, she shoves him into a gorge, yelling "You can die, too, for all I care!" only to hear him call, "As you wish!"!. while he is falling!. She realizes at this that he is Westley, who tells her that the Dread Pirate Roberts did attack his ship, but kept Westley alive after Westley explained the depths of his love for Buttercup!. Westley became the Dread Pirate Robert's apprentice, learning to sail, fence, and fight!. Eventually, Roberts secretly passed his name, captaincy, and ship to Westley!. Westley and Buttercup travel through the feared Fire Swamp to evade Humperdinck's party, but upon exiting, they are captured by Humperdinck and his menacing six-fingered assistant, Count Tyrone Rugen!. Buttercup negotiates for Westley's release and returns with Humperdinck to the palace to await their wedding!. Rugen, who has no intention of releasing Westley, instead takes him to the underground hunting arena called the 'Zoo of Death', where he is tortured so as to provide information by which to complete the Count's book on pain!.
Buttercup later has several nightmares regarding her marriage to the prince!. She expresses her unhappiness to Humperdinck, who proposes a deal wherein he will send out four ships to locate Westley, but if they fail to find him, Buttercup will marry him!. Humperdinck reveals that although he arranged Buttercup's kidnapping in order to start a war with neighboring country of Guilder, it will be better propaganda if she dies on her wedding night!.
On the day of the wedding, Inigo meets Fezzik, who tells him that Count Rugen is the killer of Inigo's father!. They seek out the man in black, hoping that his wits will help them overcome the guards!. Buttercup learns that Humperdinck never sent the ships, and taunts him with her enduring love for Westley!. Enraged, he tortures Westley to death!. Westley's screams draw Inigo and Fezzik to the scene; upon finding Westley's body, they enlist the help of the King of Florin's former "miracle man", a magician named Miracle Max!. Max pronounces Westley to be merely "mostly dead" and resurrects him, although Westley remains partially paralyzed!.
Westley devises a successful plan to invade the castle during the wedding; the resulting commotion prompts Humperdinck to cut the wedding short!. Buttercup decides to commit suicide as soon as she reaches the honeymoon suite!. Inigo pursues Rugen through the castle and kills him, reciting throughout the duel his long-rehearsed oath of vengeance!. Westley reaches Buttercup before she commits suicide and assures her that she is not yet married as the ceremony had not been completed!. Still partly paralyzed, he bluffs his way out of a sword fight with Humperdinck!. Instead of killing his rival, Westley decides to leave him alone with his cowardice!. The party rides off into the sunset on white horses conveniently discovered by Fezzik!. They are pursued by Humperdinck's men, and their fate remWww@QuestionHome@Com

Having watched the movie and read the book, I would tell you both are good!. There is a "good parts only" edition of the book by the man who wrote "Lord of the Flies" (William Gold-something - I'm sorry I can't remember and I am over an hour away from my bookshelf) I found my copy at Borders!. You may be able to borrow a copy at your local library to try-it-before-you-buy-it!. The story follows several characters-- a peasant girl turned princess named Buttercup; the farm boy and Buttercup's truelove-Wesley; Inigo - a swordsman seeking revenge for his murdered father; Fezzig a giant; the conniving Prince Humpferdink and his right-hand man the Count!. I found it engaging and interesting and sometimes even comical!. On my scale of 1-10 it rates at 8!. (1 is horrible - 10 is the aboslute best) Happy reading!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

uhm!.!.!.!.!.about this chick who gets captured and like this guy like saves her who she has met before that she loved and yea he saves her years later and they are trying to escape from these bad peeps and like, they live and get married and happily ever after! THE END!!!!! oh btw a little kid is telling the story from a book wit his granpa!

YEA, But its a pretty good MOVIE!Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's a "fairy tale" but written by a guy!. It's good, with funny parts, too!.Www@QuestionHome@Com