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The Little Prince

And Letter to a Hostage
By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Little Prince is a philosophical tale where a stranded aviator meets a young prince who has fallen to Earth from a tiny planet. Through charming and thought-provoking conversations, the prince describes his adventures across various planets, each inhabited by interesting characters that reflect human nature. The story explores themes of love, loss, and the search for meaning, wrapped in a beautifully illustrated and imaginative narrative.
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You might find joy in this delightful tale if you cherish stories that speak to both the heart and the imagination. This book offers a rich tapestry of whimsical characters and profound life lessons, perfect for those who appreciate a mix of innocence and insightful reflections on the human condition.

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The Little Prince

In "The Little Prince",a small boy leaves the tiny planet on which he lives alone, on a trip to Earth, where he is introduced to the vagaries of adult behaviour. "Letter to a Hostage" is an open letter to a Jewish intellectual in hiding in occupied France.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's timeless tale of love and loneliness is now widely available in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his plane vanished over the Mediterranean Sea during a reconnaissance mission. Nearly eighty years later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power.

The narrator is a pilot downed in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the miraculous appearance of a little prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket."

And so begins their dialogue, one confined only by the limits of the imagination, by the horizon of a child's wonder...

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141185620

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 January 2001

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • Introduction by T V F Cuffe
  • Translated by T V F Cuffe

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 196g

Pages: 160

Collections

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Books on Screen Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Author, Illustrator) Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), was born into an aristocratic French family at the turn of the century. Saint-Exupery was preoccupied with aviation from a young age; a passion which would lead him into the French Air Force. His first two books, Southern Mail and Night Flight, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Flight to Arras, stress his humanistic philosophy. Saint-Exupery's popular children's book The Little Prince is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. In 1944, Saint-Exupery's plane disappeared during a mission in World War II.

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