The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The little prince is, paradoxically, an extremely famous book which many people reading this will not have heard of. It is a delightful story, which was originally written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery in 1943. He did not live to see it translated into English and published here the following year, for he died in 1944. Yet despite this, he is a national figure in France. He wrote many other books and essays, and during the occupation of France he was ...
...he is most famous for the Little Prince. You may have seen a picture of the little prince himself already, as he also resides upon the 50 franc note, alongside his author. (The sleeve notes of one version of this story say that the 50 franc note is known as the 'Saint-Ex' apparently!) Those of you who studied French to a higher level than I did may have been introduced to the story in its native language, but for those who haven't, I want you to ...

jehodgson 27.08.2002 · Read full review
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...stoopid Tazzy ramblings and onto the good stuff...the review, I have decided to re-write my first ever review, I really did not do the book any justice the first time round, so here goes! ~Gather round children, you might learn something new~ This is undoubtedly the most famous piece of work by the French author Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and although a children's novel has a lot of underlying, very adult, messages about perception, love, relationships ...
...the younger readers. This little book has been translated into about 160 different languages, sold over 50 million copies, think it was made into an opera a couple of years ago, and has even had it's own anime series (spanning 39 episodes). Saint Exupery's love in life was being a pilot, but he was forced by his fiancée's family to take a desk job in Paris, which he did, but eventually their engagement was called off, and he returned to flying. ...

tazzywazzy 09.03.2006 (09.03.2007) · Read full review
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...a child. He never lost the sense of wonder that accompanies being either of those. A child, having failed to draw boa constrictors in a way the conveys the sheer horror of such creatures to an adult…submits to the real world and grows up. He becomes a pilot and, because “something broke” in his engine finds himself stranded in the Sahara, thousands of miles from anywhere. “So you can imagine my surprise at sunrise when an ...
...Thus our narrator meets the Little Prince. Even to tell you that the Prince comes from another planet, a very small planet, is to tell too much of the story. Any clues to what happens, what tales are told and how and why, would detract from the joy of self-discovery. As the Prince and the Pilot talk about their worlds, we learn again what it is to look at the world with untainted vision and to question what is important. We are taught to consider ...

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You read the story once... it seems different, yet childish and shallow at the same time. Read it the second time... you find it's got meaning... Read it the third time... and you will realize the essence of your rat-race filled life. Or do you have to be a lab rat just like society tells you to be? This is one book (the only book)... which I hand out to my loved ones. This is a book which can change the heart of the toughest, meanest and stone-cold, ...
...and ever since, I'd read the book at least once a month.... (I just haven't done so recently). But many many many lessons can be learned from this book. And every time you read it, it never fails to teach you something new. This is basically a childrens' book... you will find this in the childrens' section of the bookstore. It's only a couple of pages long and will only take you about 1 hour to read it through the end. (And it is worth it!) It's ...

dhay 13.02.2006 · Read full review
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...I've grown with this book, the first time I read it I was only 7 years old and since then this book was always surprising me every time I read it. The little prince is like the child we have inside us and we forget most of the times... He doesn't understand why adults have certain attitudes and mostly why some (material) things are so important to them like have lots of money, spend all the time working, etc., instead of giving importance for the ...

sweet_baby 20.01.2005 · Read full review
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...should read it again. Its the kind of book that needs to be passed on to a new reader like your Grandpa's watch. It does not talk down to children (no fluffy wuffy bunnies), so can be read by any age, but actually manages to make them think 'outside-the-box' and introduces some surprising philosophical topics which shames us into realising how dismissive of children we actually are. If you're the kind of person who thinks dolls and plastic tea-sets ...

Twingo 28.11.2003 · Read full review
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...ABOUT THIS STORY.....? IT WAS THE STORY THAT BROUBHT ME THE WILL TO READ AGAIN AND I RECOMEND TO YOU ALL!!! THIS WAS A BOOK THAT I READ ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO AND READ IT AGAIN ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.....I THINK THAT ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERI IS TRYING TO TELL US IS IN FACT TO NEVER LET US DOWN AND TRY TO THE BEST WE CAN TO REACH THE UNREACHABLE ANT IT WILL BE A DREAM ACOMPLISHED. IT MAY LOOK LIKE A FAIRY TALE BUT IF YOU ARE REALY UP FOR A REALY DEEP ...

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