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The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Start date: October 1, 2014

Finish date: October 31, 2014

Discussion: Children's Group Read

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Mar 12, 2010 Mounir rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: a-to-re-read, literature-francais, a-digital-copy, arabic-translation

A book written for adults so that they can - hopefully - see the world like children.

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

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

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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Apr 17, 2014 Stephen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: z-read-in-2014

After finding a copy of this on the thrift store's 20 cent table, I decided that it was time that I finally checked out this book much praised as a work of genius for myself.

I'd heard of this book for years and even saw a failed attempt at a Broadway Musical based on it. While the musical starring Michael York (which closed in previews) attempted to capture the spirit of the work, it somehow failed utterly. The book has a delicate child-like hopefulness and whimsical charm that is difficult to ...more

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Apr 23, 2009 Jayme Pendergraft rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001, 2009

"Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man."

"If some one loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself, 'Somewhere, my flower is t ...more

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