He wanted his kids to enjoy it, and there was far too much boring stuff. Abridged for Children: This is the in-story reason Mr.The subsequent adventures are madcap, iconic, and brilliant. In a plot against the throne, Buttercup is kidnapped by the criminal trio The Sicilian Crowd (so-called because two's company and three's a crowd), consisting 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. Buttercup, knowing that the Prince is well within his rights and believing she can never love again anyway, reluctantly agrees. 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.įive 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 now the most beautiful woman in the world. The story stars Buttercup, a simple yet incredibly beautiful farmgirl, and Westley, the farmhand she enjoys ordering around. A 1973 book by William Goldman, The Princess Bride is about the trials of true love in the Renaissance European nation of Florin.
