The Little Prince
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First published in 1943 in New York, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince is a fable of extraordinary tenderness, told through the encounter between a stranded aviator and a small traveller from another planet. As the Prince recounts his journey among distant worlds, each inhabited by a solitary adult absorbed in some peculiar pursuit, he gradually reveals the questions that have brought him to Earth: what it means to love, to lose, and to understand another being. His friendship with a fox and his devotion to a rose give the story its emotional centre, while the desert setting lends its quiet conversations an atmosphere of solitude and wonder. Beneath its apparent simplicity lies a searching reflection on vanity, responsibility, friendship and the things that escape the adult imagination.
Written and illustrated by Saint-Exupéry during his years in exile, the book draws on the author’s experience as a pilot, his fascination with the vastness of the world and his conviction that human connection demands care. Its delicate watercolours and deceptively plain prose have made it one of the most widely translated works of modern literature, cherished by readers of different ages without being diminished by its familiarity. Neither quite a children’s story nor simply an adult parable, The Little Prince endures as a meditation on how we see, what we value, and the responsibilities that make love meaningful.
From the book
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
On The Little Prince
“The book is alive with symbols which are beautiful because they seem, at the same time, both lucid and obscure.”
— André Maurois, From Proust to Camus: Profiles of Modern French Writers