THE LITTLE PRINCE
THE LITTLE
PRINCE
All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.
Plot
The tale is about The Little Prince, who visits various planets in space, including Earth.
The book addresses the themes of loneliness, friendship, love and loss. Despite the style of a children’s book, its protagonist reflects on life and human nature.
The Little Prince was born on a train.
The writer Antoine Saint-Exupéry was travelling on a business trip to Moscow. The train carriages were filled with the families of dismissed Polish miners. Among them he noticed a sleeping boy whose beauty struck the writer. Antoine made a sketch.
The writer Antoine Saint-Exupéry was travelling on a business trip to Moscow. The train carriages were filled with the families of dismissed Polish miners. Among them he noticed a sleeping boy whose beauty struck the writer. Antoine made a sketch.
It is impossible to imagine a book about the Little Prince without illustrations. Now there are 46 drawings in the book. All of them were drawn by Saint-Exupery.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry drew sketches of the Little Prince for his friend Léon Vertoux and sent them in letters from the front. At first it was a boy with wings, later the wings became a scarf.
History
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The image of the protagonist is similar to the writer. Little Tonio was a blond boy, a descendant of an impoverished noble family. As he grew older, he often looked up at the starry sky and became known as the Lunatic.
In May 1942 Exupery was a guest of Laval’s friend Charles de Coninck in Canada. The talk of war was unbearable. Laval’s son Thomas loved to talk to Antoine and learned to make paper aeroplanes. Thomas later became a philosopher.
In describing the death of the Little Prince, Saint-Exupéry described the death of his brother. He had been ill for a long time, and just before his death he called Antoine to him and tried to comfort him: "I am not in pain. But I can’t help myself. It’s just my body."
The acquaintance of the narrator and The Little Prince takes place in Sahara, where the pilot is forced to make a landing because of a faulty engine.
It was the true story. In 1936, Exupery and his mechanic miraculously survived and endured for four days without water until they were found by bedouins.
Exupery was flying a plane with serial number B-612.
number B-612. The same name
of the Little Prince’s planet.
It was the true story. In 1936, Exupery and his mechanic miraculously survived and endured for four days without water until they were found by bedouins.
Exupery was flying a plane with serial number B-612.
number B-612. The same name
of the Little Prince’s planet.
The acquaintance of the narrator and The Little Prince takes place in Sahara, where the pilot is forced to make a landing because of a faulty engine.
It was the true story. In 1936, Exupery and his mechanic miraculously survived and endured for four days without water until they were found by bedouins.
Exupery was flying a plane with serial number B-612. number B-612. The same name of the Little Prince's planet.
It was the true story. In 1936, Exupery and his mechanic miraculously survived and endured for four days without water until they were found by bedouins.
Exupery was flying a plane with serial number B-612. number B-612. The same name of the Little Prince's planet.
characters
Important
Important
characters
characters
The Little Prince’s loyal friend, he teaches loyalty and responsibility. The Fox’s unusually large ears are inspired by the little desert fox Fennec.
Saint-Exupéry tamed him during his service in Morocco.
Saint-Exupéry tamed him during his service in Morocco.
It’s fascism. It’s the only thing that threatens the Little Prince’s planet. Their seeds infest the soil, and if the sprouts are not weeded out in time, they can grow and tear the planet apart.
The prototype of Saint-Exupéry's wife.
Their relationship was complicated, with adultery and scandals. Rose blossomed on planet B-612, and she constantly nagged the Little Prince and demanded attention. He had to go on a long journey to understand the secret of a happy relationship.
Their relationship was complicated, with adultery and scandals. Rose blossomed on planet B-612, and she constantly nagged the Little Prince and demanded attention. He had to go on a long journey to understand the secret of a happy relationship.
The Baobabs
The Rose
The Fox
The Little Prince's loyal friend, he teaches loyalty and responsibility. The Fox's unusually large ears are inspired by the little desert fox Fennec.
Saint-Exupéry tamed him during his service in Morocco.
Saint-Exupéry tamed him during his service in Morocco.
It’s fascism. It’s the only thing that threatens the Little Prince’s planet. Their seeds infest the soil, and if the sprouts are not weeded out in time, they can grow and tear the planet apart.
The prototype of Saint-Exupéry's wife. Their relationship was complicated, with adultery and scandals. Rose blossomed on planet B-612, and she constantly nagged the Little Prince and demanded attention. He had to go on a long journey to understand the secret of a happy relationship.
The Baobabs
The Rose
The Fox
The faithful Fox friend teaches loyalty and responsibility. Fox's unusually large ears are inspired by the little desert
fennec fox.
Saint-Exupéry tamed him during his service in Morocco.
fennec fox.
Saint-Exupéry tamed him during his service in Morocco.
The Baobabs are fascism. They are the only thing that threatens the Little Prince’s planet. Their seeds contaminate the soil, and if the sprouts are not weeded out in time, they can grow and tear the planet to shreds.
The Rose is the prototype of a
Saint-Exupery's wife. Their relationship was complicated, with adultery and scandals. Rose was constantly nagging the Little Prince and demanding attention. He had to go on a long journey to find out the secret to a happy relationship.
Saint-Exupery's wife. Their relationship was complicated, with adultery and scandals. Rose was constantly nagging the Little Prince and demanding attention. He had to go on a long journey to find out the secret to a happy relationship.
"The Little Prince" has become so popular that it has been translated into 300 languages and dialects. More than 140 million copies have been published worldwide. The book is one of the 10 best-selling books.
The French and English versions of The Little Prince were first printed on 6 April 1943. Immediately after the publication of the story, Saint-Exupéry decided to return to the war and crashed in an aeroplane in 1944. In the author’s native France, the story was only published posthumously in 1946.
THE LITTLE PRINCE
I wonder whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...
