The little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Chosen book by Rabea

 

                                                         original title: Le Petit Prince

                                                         language: French
                                                         author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

                                                         genre: novella

                                                         first published: 1943 by Reynal & Hitchcock in New York

 

The Little Prince (French: Le Petit Prince) first published in 1943, is a novella with watercolour illustrations by the french author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

The novella is the most read and the most translated book in the French language, and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France. It is translated into more than 250 languages and dialects and over a million copies per year get saled. It is one of the best-selling books which has ever published. Since its first publication, the novella has been adapted to various media like audio recordings, stage, screen, ballet and operatic works.

In “The Little Prince” a pilot stranded in the desert. He meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a small asteroid. The story is philosophical and includes societal criticism, remarking on the strangeness of the adult world.