Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
The Little Prince, published in 1943, is the most translated French book in the world, with versions in more than 300 languages. Behind the simple pencil line sits a meditation on the human condition, on other people, and on the search for meaning.
Written in exile during the Second World War, it is the spiritual testament of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, born in 1900 and lost in 1944. A pilot for Aéropostale, the French airmail company, he looked to the innocence of childhood for a cure to the flatness of the adult world.
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- 2Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and the making of the tale
- 3The prince's journey, a satire of the modern world
- 4The fox and the philosophy of taming
- 5A universal book, and a memorial
Open-book quiz10 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary7 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.
