The Little Prince: And Letter to a Hostage
Author(s): Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Princeis the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures. Letter to a Hostage, which contains certain themes that were to appear in The Little Prince, is Saint-Exupery's optimistic and humane open letter to a Jewish intellectual hiding in occupied France in 1943.
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The French Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), was born in Lyon. 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. Saint-Exupery's plane disappeared during a mission in World War II.
General Fields
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- : Penguin UK
- : Penguin
- : 0.244
- : 01 January 2022
- : 198mm X 128mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
- : Paperback
- : Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- : English
- : very good
- : Colour and BW illustrations throughout
- : T V F Cuffe