The Princess Bride

by

William Goldman

Miracle Max's wife in The Princess Bride. They met at miracle school, where Valerie was a potion ladler. Because every miracle man needs to have a witch, Valerie learns enough witchcraft to pass for a witch. She's instrumental in getting Max to take Inigo and Fezzik's case; she insists that true love is worth coming out of retirement for.
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Valerie Character Timeline in The Princess Bride

The timeline below shows where the character Valerie appears in The Princess Bride. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Seven: The Wedding
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Max's wife, Valerie, is downstairs cooking hot chocolate. She's not actually a witch, but since every miracle man... (full context)
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Valerie listens at the door as Max insists that Fezzik's 65 gold pieces isn't enough and... (full context)
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...Westley actually said that he wants to come back to bluff and lie. At this, Valerie flies through the door, calls Max a liar, and shrieks that Westley said “true love.”... (full context)
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When Max and Valerie learn that Inigo needs a “fighting corpse,” they say their miracle won't work with so... (full context)
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...ball.” Goldman notes that this isn't anachronistic as everything that Morgenstern wrote is historically accurate. Valerie takes the pill downstairs to coat it in chocolate as Max thinks that he must've... (full context)
Buttercup's Baby: 3. Buttercup and Westley
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...This makes Pierre feel better. He asks how dead Max said Westley was and if Valerie coated the pill in chocolate. Goldman cuts in and says that Pierre works on Westley... (full context)