Wow . . . Princess Bride: 20 Yrs. Later . . . take a look at the photogallery. William Goldman’s abridgement of S. Morgenstern’s classic “The Princess Bride” has been one of my favorite novels since I first read it a very many number of years before there was a movie. The movie was a wonderfully delightful adaptation. My how those folks have changed. I guess life kind of does that to us all.