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Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Brand
Unbranded
MPN
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ISBN
0156012197
Book Title
Little Prince
Item Length
8in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2000
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.9in
Author
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Genre
Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction
Topic
Classics, Fantasy / General, Fantasy & Magic, Royalty, Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, General, Romance / General
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
6.4 Oz
Number of Pages
96 Pages

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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard's translation of the beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exup ry's unique and gifted style. Howard, an acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators of our time, has excelled in bringing the English text as close as possible to the French, in language, style, and most important, spirit. The artwork in this edition has been restored to match in detail and in color Saint-Exup ry's original artwork. Combining Richard Howard's translation with restored original art, this definitive English-language edition of The Little Prince will capture the hearts of readers of all ages. This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Stories).

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156012197
ISBN-13
9780156012195
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1645858

Product Key Features

Book Title
Little Prince
Author
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Fantasy / General, Fantasy & Magic, Royalty, Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, General, Romance / General
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction
Number of Pages
96 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
6.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pz8.S14li 2000
Grade from
Sixth Grade
Grade to
Eighth Grade
Reviews
Young Osment (The Sixth Sense; Pay It Forward) again proves his mettle as an actor, giving voice to the Little Prince in this crisp, full-cast production of the literary classic. He approaches the role with a gentleness and sensitivity that touches the heart and never sounds maudlin. As the pilot whose plane has crashed in the Sahara, Gere plays it low-key, creating a perfect partner for Osment's interplanetary-traveling, wise-beyond-his-years prince. Gere expresses just the right mix of amusement and bewilderment as the prince interrupts the pilot's efforts to repair his plane with a request that he draw a sheep. The adept performances capture the timeless nature of Saint-Exup'ry's fable about how a child sees the important things in life much more clearly than many adults do. All ages., Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little, well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions. The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but also such monuments of postmodern whimsy as Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities . And despite his tone of gentle bemusement, Saint-Exupéry pulls off some fine satiric touches, too. There's the king, for example, who commands the Little Prince to function as a one-man (or one-boy) judiciary:   I have good reason to believe that there is an old rat living somewhere on my planet. I hear him at night. You could judge that old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death. That way his life will depend on your justice. But you'll pardon him each time for economy's sake. There's only one rat.   The author pokes similar fun at a businessman, a geographer, and a lamplighter, all of whom signify some futile aspect of adult existence. Yet his tale is ultimately a tender one--a heartfelt exposition of sadness and solitude, which never turns into Peter Pan -style treacle. Such delicacy of tone can present real headaches for a translator, and in her 1943 translation, Katherine Woods sometimes wandered off the mark, giving the text a slightly wooden or didactic accent. Happily, Richard Howard (who did a fine nip-and-tuck job on Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma in 1999) has streamlined and simplified to wonderful effect. The result is a new and improved version of an indestructible classic, which also restores the original artwork to full color. "Trying to be witty," we're told at one point, "leads to lying, more or less." But Saint-Exupéry's drawings offer a handy rebuttal: they're fresh, funny, and like the book itself, rigorously truthful., Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little, well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions.The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but also such monuments of postmodern whimsy as Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. And despite his tone of gentle bemusement, Saint-Exupéry pulls off some fine satiric touches, too. There's the king, for example, who commands the Little Prince to function as a one-man (or one-boy) judiciary: I have good reason to believe that there is an old rat living somewhere on my planet. I hear him at night. You could judge that old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death. That way his life will depend on your justice. But you'll pardon him each time for economy's sake. There's only one rat. The author pokes similar fun at a businessman, a geographer, and a lamplighter, all of whom signify some futile aspect of adult existence. Yet his tale is ultimately a tender one--a heartfelt exposition of sadness and solitude, which never turns into Peter Pan-style treacle. Such delicacy of tone can present real headaches for a translator, and in her 1943 translation, Katherine Woods sometimes wandered off the mark, giving the text a slightly wooden or didactic accent. Happily, Richard Howard (who did a fine nip-and-tuck job on Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma in 1999) has streamlined and simplified to wonderful effect. The result is a new and improved version of an indestructible classic, which also restores the original artwork to full color. "Trying to be witty," we're told at one point, "leads to lying, more or less." But Saint-Exupéry's drawings offer a handy rebuttal: they're fresh, funny, and like the book itself, rigorously truthful.
Illustrated by
De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine
Copyright Date
2000
Lccn
99-050439
Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Series
The Little Prince Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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    Aug 11, 2020Top favorable review

    all time favorite

    This is one of my all time favorite books! I am pretty sure we have multiple copies but I couldn't find them and wanted to read it with my son so I bought it again. Awesome for kids on the spectrum or kids that just are not into cars, dinosaurs and sports.

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  • by gibsrlaw-9
    Feb 12, 2022

    Thoroughly Enjoyable!

    I had read The Little Prince years ago. Recently bought the book for a friend and then bought a second for me to reread over and over again. Book in excellent condition and arrived on time.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by biasilva_0
    Oct 22, 2019

    Best book, no matter how old you are

    First time I read this book I was 7 and I remembered it was fun. I read it again at 15 and realized it was more than just "fun". At 20 I read it again and now at 25 I feel I still have something to learn from it.

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    The fox has the secret ..

    A children's book that is relevant to "old children" like me... I am 59. Filled with amusing insights into the misguided world we live in. Well worth reading again.

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  • by katiecricketsinger
    Nov 16, 2021

    One of the dearest books

    One of the dearest books ever written. As a child, I thought it was merely delightful fantasy. As an adult, I cry every time at it’s beauty.

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