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Book of The Month Discussion > The Princess Bride Audiobook
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Bad news for audiobook listeners. There is not a full-length audiobook of The Princess Bride. There is a short 2-hour long recording, which cuts out way too much of the story. It is not worth the price, in my opinion. I can't believe they still haven't recorded an unabridged version of this novel.
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From what i have seen princess bride is quite confusing to me. Its already supposed to be an abridgement from S Morgenstern? Which doesnt exist? Its supposed to be a joke? So is the audiobook an abridgement of the abridgement? Or the actual book? Anyone who knows princess bride please help me out.
It is a joke that it is an abridgement of another book. Like the grandpa in the movie is reading a book to his grandson. The S Morgenstern book is not real.
From Wikipedia: The Princess Bride is presented as Goldman's abridgment of an older version by 'S. Morgenstern', which was originally a satire of the excesses of European royalty. The book, in fact, is entirely Goldman's work. Morgenstern and the 'original version' are fictional and used as a literary device.
Goldman carried the joke further by publishing another book called The Silent Gondoliers (explaining why the gondoliers of Venice no longer sing to their passengers) under S. Morgenstern's name.
Goldman's personal life, as described in the introduction and commentary in the novel, is also fictional. In The Princess Bride, Goldman claims to have one son with his wife, a psychiatrist. In reality, Goldman has two daughters, and his wife is not a psychiatrist. The commentary is extensive, continuing through the text until the very end.
The book's actual roots are in stories Goldman would tell to his daughters, one of whom had requested a story about 'princesses' and the other 'brides'.[2] Goldman describes the earliest character names from the 'kid's saga' as 'silly names: Buttercup, Humperdinck'.[3] The countries are both named after coins. The Florin was originally an Italian gold coin minted in Florence, and later the name of various currencies and denominations. The Guilder was originally a Dutch gold coin, and later the name of various currencies used mainly in the Netherlands and its territories. The two names are often interchangeable.
From Wikipedia: The Princess Bride is presented as Goldman's abridgment of an older version by 'S. Morgenstern', which was originally a satire of the excesses of European royalty. The book, in fact, is entirely Goldman's work. Morgenstern and the 'original version' are fictional and used as a literary device.
Goldman carried the joke further by publishing another book called The Silent Gondoliers (explaining why the gondoliers of Venice no longer sing to their passengers) under S. Morgenstern's name.
Goldman's personal life, as described in the introduction and commentary in the novel, is also fictional. In The Princess Bride, Goldman claims to have one son with his wife, a psychiatrist. In reality, Goldman has two daughters, and his wife is not a psychiatrist. The commentary is extensive, continuing through the text until the very end.
The book's actual roots are in stories Goldman would tell to his daughters, one of whom had requested a story about 'princesses' and the other 'brides'.[2] Goldman describes the earliest character names from the 'kid's saga' as 'silly names: Buttercup, Humperdinck'.[3] The countries are both named after coins. The Florin was originally an Italian gold coin minted in Florence, and later the name of various currencies and denominations. The Guilder was originally a Dutch gold coin, and later the name of various currencies used mainly in the Netherlands and its territories. The two names are often interchangeable.
I have read it twice before, and I got the Rob Reiner audiobook from the library, so I might give that a listen and then decide if I want to read the book again.
Wow, i forgot how bad the character of Buttercup is in the book. Blargh.
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