The Princess Bride is the story of the beautiful maiden Buttercup and of her poor peasant lover, Westley. The two have a youthful chaste affair, then are separated by poverty. Buttercup is uncomfortably betrothed to a local prince, Humperdink, while Westley vanishes. What follows is a tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of fantasy novels with Westley and Buttercup reconnecting during a series of misadventures involving gentle giant Fezik and the vengeful Spaniard Inigo Montoya.
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