Literary Craving

or what came out from The Princess Bride.

I just love how one story leads you into another. Call it intertextuality, allusion, or merely reference, it is wonderful all the same.

There is a chance I could've heard of The Lady or the Tiger? by Frank Stockton eventually, but it is due to Goldman's novel that I ended up reading it so soon. As different as these two stories might be, they still make us wonder how human nature works. Whether it is faced with all the conventions that surround fairy tales (and Goldman does a wonderful job at flouting them) or with an unexpected analysis of our innermost and darkest thoughts (as it is the case in Stockton's story), humane nature still proves a continual source of wonder. For instance, I do believe that Buttercup and Westley managed to escape and live relatively happy lives. Yet, in spite of this hopeful thought, my twisted mind has decided that a possible ending for Stockton's story could include the princess saving her lover only to get rid of his bride eventually (sick, isn't it?)

But I digress. Right. Yes, what came out from Goldman's novel... Ruritanian romances. I must make a mental note of reading The Prisoner of Zenda. That's all.