CLASSIC LITTLE PRINCE - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186205066X ISBN 13: 9781862050662

Publisher: Pavilion, 1997

Synopsis

The Little Prince is the most translated boo k in the French language. Both moral fable and spiritual aut obiography, it is the story of a little boy who lives alone on a planet not much bigger than himself, who leaves it to t ravel round the universe '

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Review

You could be excused for thinking that this book is one containing a simple story for young children about a Little Prince. How wrong you would be! This is far from the truth: it is much more. It is a complex story containing lots of ambiguities about a child with golden hair. These are all eruditely discussed before the actual story begins, in a section entitled "How It All Began". "Is The Little Prince a story written for children or is it a meditation intended for adults?"

The Art of Living is discussed, along with a system of values, and the train of thought behind them is the unifying element. You are invited to "look at the book, and allow yourself to travel from one image to the next... " It was written and published more than 50 years ago in the USA, and the author was a Frenchman who illustrated the book himself; it was later translated by Kathryn Woods. The Little Prince is still very popular and has now been translated into many languages. Shortly after it was first written, the author died--disappearing together with his plane somewhere over the Mediterranean. This Gift edition contains all the original illustrations, plus some more original drawings that came to light later and have been published here for the first time.--Susan Naylor

Review

I would like to recommend [...] the wonderful new translation by Ros and Chloe Schwartz of this modern classic.
--Francofil online forum

Edition details

• Publisher: Pavilion
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 186205066X
• ISBN 13: 9781862050662
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112