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The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Start date: November 15, 2016

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Mar 13, 2008 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-20th-century, e-books, french-literature, children-ya, gutenberg, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, novellas

Free download in French available at Project Gutenberg-Australia - Illustrated edition

DEDICACE

A LÉON WERTH.

Je demande pardon aux enfants d'avoir dédié ce livre à une grande personne. J'ai une excuse sérieuse : cette grande personne est le meilleur ami que j'ai au monde. J'ai une autre excuse : cette grande personne peut tout comprendre, même les livres pour enfants. J'ai une troisième excuse : cette grande personne habite la France où elle a faim et froid. Elle a besoin d'être consolée. Si toute ...more

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Jan 23, 2018 Karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001

There are a few classic children's books I haven't read: Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and The Little Prince, prior to reading it the last couple of days. I am not going to give away the plot (or the meaning), because I went into this story knowing nothing about it, and I am glad. I honestly don't know that I really understand everything, except the obvious meanings. In the end, I am glad I read this book. ...more

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Dec 03, 2013 Tom Britz rated it really liked it

This is a book that everyone that reads it will probably walk away with something different. There was insights and wonderful parables. But the reader himself knows what he gained, if anything.

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