The Little Prince
Rose-tending space wanderer
*The Little Prince* is a 1943 novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, written and illustrated by the French aviator during his American exile.
A pilot stranded in the Sahara encounters a small boy from a tiny asteroid who recounts his interplanetary travels and his love for a rose.
The book's deceptively simple fable—with its fox who asks to be tamed and its critique of grown-up preoccupations—has become one of the most translated and bestselling books ever published.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Cunning wild canine
- roseStood up, or fragrant bloom
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- kingMale crowned ruler
drunkard · businessman · lamplighter · geographer · narrator · sheep · baobabs · flower
- novellaShort fictional book
- fableMoral tale with animals
- illustrationsPictures explaining text
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
chapters · narrator · dedication · translation · bestseller · classic · French · 1943
Sun-orbiting rocky mass
- planetsStar-orbiting celestial bodies
- EarthOur world
- desertTo leave behind completely
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
voyage · exploration · wandering · visits · encounters · return · departure · sunset
Stood up, or fragrant bloom
- foxCunning wild canine
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
- desertTo leave behind completely
well · baobabs · sunset · sheep · muzzle · thorns · echo · laughter
State of lacking companions
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- loveIntense fond attachment
- lossBeing without something
- tamingMaking wild things gentle
responsibility · grown-ups · bonds · devotion · farewell · attachment · unique
Amazement or curiosity
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- purityUncontaminated quality
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- simplicityLack of complexity
guileless · uncorrupted · freshness · questioning · sincerity · openness · untainted
fox
Cunning wild canine
king · drunkard · businessman · lamplighter · geographer · narrator · sheep · baobabs · flower
Saint-Exupéry
- novellaShort fictional book
- fableMoral tale with animals
- illustrationsPictures explaining text
watercolor · chapters · narrator · dedication · translation · bestseller · classic · French · 1943 · aviator
asteroid
Sun-orbiting rocky mass
stars · voyage · exploration · wandering · visits · encounters · return · departure · sunset · well
rose
Stood up, or fragrant bloom
desert · well · baobabs · sunset · sheep · muzzle · thorns · echo · laughter · drawing
loneliness
State of lacking companions
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- loveIntense fond attachment
- lossBeing without something
taming · responsibility · grown-ups · bonds · devotion · farewell · attachment · unique
wonder
Amazement or curiosity
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- purityUncontaminated quality
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
simplicity · guileless · uncorrupted · freshness · questioning · sincerity · openness · untainted
- French originsLes Miserables, Three Musketeers, Cyrano de Bergerac, Nikita, Moulin Rouge
- French ModernismMarcel Proust, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Colette
- French NovellasCandide, The Stranger, Rene, Thais
- NovellasThe Metamorphosis, Heart of Darkness, A Christmas Carol, Billy Budd, Animal Farm
- Romance LiteratureFrench literature, Les Miserables, Italian literature, The Divine Comedy, Spanish literature
- Translated ClassicsDon Quixote, Divine Comedy, Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid
The Little PrinceThe Stranger
Unknown arriving person
The Road · 1984 · American Psycho · A Clockwork Orange · Lolita
The Little PrinceWaiting for Godot
Absurdist drama about fruitless expectation
The Little PrinceUlysses
Greek hero, Latinized
Infinite Jest · Finnegans Wake · War and Peace · The Brothers Karamazov · Moby-Dick
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