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The Princess Bride Study Guide

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by Rob Reiner
About 62 pages (18,612 words)

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The roots of the fairy tale stretch back to a time before literature, when storytelling was essentially an oral form. The theme of The Princess Bride is a common one in fairy tales: the lover of a beautiful woman must show his courage and valor to save her from a fate worse than death.

Unlike most fairy tales, however, The Princess Bride has.....

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