An elderly man reads the book "The Princess Bride" to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations.

This week The Princess Bride celebrated 30 years since it made ... The tale is told by a grandfather as he reads his grandson a bedtime story (neither have traditional character names).

The Princess Bride Origins The Princess Bride is as a ... Instead of a grandfather reading the story to his grandson, a fictional version of William Golding himself breaks into the narrative.