El Principito / The Little Prince

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: El Principito / The Little Prince (1985, NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company)

Paperback, 85 pages

English language

Published March 30, 1985 by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company.

ISBN:
978-0-8442-7622-9
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OCLC Number:
13919132

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For readers who would like a quick reminder of the book and its main storyline, here is a summary of The Little Prince’s travels and those he met along the way.

If Saint-Exupéry is to be believed The Little Prince is a book for children written for grown-ups. It can be read on many different levels to provide pleasure and food for thought for readers of all ages.

The author, an aviator, crashes with his aeroplane in the middle of the Sahara desert. While he is trying to repair his aeroplane, a little boy appears and asks him to draw a sheep. The author learns that The Little Prince comes from asteroid B-612 where he has left behind three volcanoes and a rose.

Before reaching Earth, he has visited other planets and met some very odd people: a king, a conceited man, a drunkard, a lamplighter, a geographer… Since arriving …

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  • Sociology, Social Studies
  • Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Fiction