Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) January 25, 2016 by Jessica 6 Comments As a movie version of world-famous fiction « Le Petit Prince » (« The Little Prince ») was released not so long ago, I wanted to take the opportunity to write a little bit about what is one of my favourite books. Translation of Le petit prince in English. Translate Le petit prince in English online and download now our free translator to use any time at no charge.
Running time106 minutesCountryFranceLanguageEnglishBudget$77.5 millionBox office$97.5 millionThe Little Prince is a 2015 English-language French directed by and based on the. The film stars the voices of, Riley Osborne,.
It is the first adaptation as a full-length animated feature of The Little Prince.The film relates the story of the book using animation, which is woven into a framing narrative about a young girl who has just met the book's now-elderly aviator narrator, who tells her the story of his meeting with the Little Prince in the desert. The film's animation was provided by studio.The film premiered on 22 May 2015 at the in an out-of-competition screening, followed by a wide release in France on 29 July.
The film was originally set to be released in theatres across the United States on March 18, 2016 before being dropped due to budget cuts; later acquired the US distribution rights and released it on August 5, 2016.The film has received positive reviews, earning praise for its style of animation and homage paid to the source material, and earned $97.6 million on a 55 million budget, becoming the most successful French animated film abroad of all time. Contents.Plot An ambitious young mother just moving to a new neighborhood and imposes a for her daughter that leaves no time for leisure, all for her to enroll in the prestigious Werth Academy. The girl, however, becomes distracted by her elderly retired aviator neighbor, who tells her the story of the 'Little Prince', claiming that he encountered him in the after crash-landing there. The aviator recounts the Little Prince asking him to draw a sheep. He drew two sheep before the Little Prince complained he needed a sheep that would live forever. The aviator drew a box with three holes saying that the sheep was inside it, which satisfied the Little Prince.The girl and the aviator continue to read and play together without the mother's knowledge. The aviator tells the girl about the Little Prince's home, ' B612', covered in.
He states that after clearing away the sprouts, the Little Prince found and nurtured a into maturity. Despite becoming his friend, she was rather selfish, which caused the Little Prince to travel to elsewhere with a flock of birds. After meeting some adults on other asteroids, he eventually landed on Earth, meeting and taming a. After a while, the fox bid goodbye to the Little Prince, advising him to always see with his heart. The aviator gives the girl a fox as a gift, telling her that he will leave soon to go find the Little Prince.The two decide to go out for free 'birthday' breakfast, but when they are pulled over by a police officer, the aviator is revealed to have no and the officer returns the girl home. Realizing that she has not been following the plan, her mother redoubles her daughter's assignments. Nevertheless, the girl continues to read the story of the Little Prince, secretly visiting the aviator to find out the story's ending.
The aviator tells her that the Little Prince had succumbed to a bite in order to be reunited with his beloved Rose. Although the aviator assures the girl that he firmly believes the Little Prince succeeded, she is so upset by the dark twist to the story that she wishes she had never met the aviator or heard the story.Towards the summer's end, the aviator is hospitalized. Knowing it was her mother's fault and wanting to put things right, the girl sets off in search of the Little Prince. Escaping out her bedroom window and climbing onto a downspout, the girl falls into the aviator's yard and blacks out. After she awakens, the girl, accompanied by her now-conscious stuffed fox (probably the reincarnation of the real one) and the Little Prince's story pages, flies the aviator's now-fixed plane into space. They find all the stars mysteriously gone, all the while landing on an asteroid populated by workaholic adults owned by the 'Businessman' from the Little Prince's story, who captures and holds all the stars to power his asteroid and belongings. After encountering a police officer and an – the 'Conceited Man' and 'the King' from the story – they finally find the Little Prince, who has become an adult named 'Mr.
Prince' and works as a janitor for the Businessman, having no recollection of his past.Mr. Prince accordingly takes the girl to an 'academy' where she is to be 'reconditioned' as an adult by a machine controlled by a sinister Teacher. Recognizing the drawing of his sheep's box from the aviator's pages, which he still kept the original (due to his amnesia, he believed that it might be important), Mr. Prince begins to recover his memories and saves the girl from the same fate that he had by putting the Teacher in the machine instead, (which he was presumably 'reconditioned' as an adult).They escape together and liberate all of the stars from the Businessman's glass vault, which return to their rightful place in the sky. The girl and the fox then take Mr. Prince back to B612, which is overgrown with baobabs.
They find the Rose dead, but seeing her image in the sunrise, the baobabs disappear and Mr. Prince turns back to his younger self, giving him renewed hope.The girl and the fox return home, accompanied by another flock of birds. The next morning, the girl and her mother visit the aviator in the hospital. The girl apologizes and presents him the formerly loose pages bound together as a book, along with all the formerly missing parts filled in.
The girl afterwards begins her studies at Werth Academy and reconciles with her mother. Both of them happily one night, while the Little Prince and the aviator are heard laughing joyfully together on Asteroid B612.Cast.
Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to E Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of extraordinary encounters.
His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures. That's a hard question to answer. Technically, this book is suitable for children as young as 6 years old but I doubt that most would completely That's a hard question to answer. Technically, this book is suitable for children as young as 6 years old but I doubt that most would completely understand it at that age.
One of my professors once told me that this book should be read 3 times in one's life: as a child, as a young adult and as an older adult. I think he said so because as we grow older our perspective changes, and thus we become able to appreciate things in different ways.I'd say that teenagers and adults would enjoy this book the most. There are many themes in the book: (e.g., People tend to become less creative and imaginative as they grow into adulthood. Most adults are preoccupied There are many themes in the book: (e.g., People tend to become less creative and imaginative as they grow into adulthood. Most adults are preoccupied with things of little real value.) For me, one of the most important themes is that we give purpose and meaning to our lives through the relationships (especially of love and friendship) we form.
The Little Prince's rose is unique and more important to him than all the other roses because he cares for it and takes responsibility for it. After he tames (a metaphor for forming a relationship) the fox, it, likewise, becomes different to him from all the other foxes, and he feels responsible for it.
For those who somehow have no idea about what happens in The Little Prince or cannot figure it out at a reasonable spot in the book, here is a warning - THERE WILL BE, as much as I hate applying this term to this incredibly famous classic that does not rely on Aha! Moments to keep the readers' attention, SPOILERS!.-'You do understand that the Little Prince died?'
My mother asked as carefully and gently as only adults who know that loss of innocence can be crushing but is brutal. For those who somehow have no idea about what happens in The Little Prince or cannot figure it out at a reasonable spot in the book, here is a warning - THERE WILL BE, as much as I hate applying this term to this incredibly famous classic that does not rely on Aha! Moments to keep the readers' attention, SPOILERS!.-'You do understand that the Little Prince died?'
My mother asked as carefully and gently as only adults who know that loss of innocence can be crushing but is brutally necessary can do.' No, he didn't. He went back to his home planet and that stupid rose. The next asteroid the Little Prince came to was inhabited by a Quiz Addict. He sat hunched in front of his laptop, and barely looked up when the Little Prince greeted him.
There was nowhere else to sit, since the whole asteroid was covered in books.' Good morning!' Said the Little Prince.' I'm sorry, I don't have time to talk to you,' said the Quiz Addict. 'I am very busy. In Twilight, what color was Edward's car?'
'I don't know,' said the Little Prince. 'I have never read this book Twilight. The next asteroid the Little Prince came to was inhabited by a Quiz Addict. He sat hunched in front of his laptop, and barely looked up when the Little Prince greeted him. There was nowhere else to sit, since the whole asteroid was covered in books.' Good morning!'
Said the Little Prince.' I'm sorry, I don't have time to talk to you,' said the Quiz Addict.
'I am very busy. In Twilight, what color was Edward's car?' 'I don't know,' said the Little Prince.
'I have never read this book Twilight.' 'I think it was blue,' said the man. In Twilight, who joined the Cullen family first?' 'I told you,' said the Little Prince, 'that I haven't read this book. But it must be an interesting book if you answer questions about it all day long.
I would very much like to read it.' 'It is the stupidest book ever written!' Said the man.' Then why do you answer questions about it all day long?' Asked the Little Prince.' Because if I don't,' sighed the man, 'then my friend on asteroid B451 will get ahead of me. 'He has read the whole series.
Luckily, he hasn't read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.' 'When you have finished the Quiz,' asked the Little Prince, 'I hope you will be able to read some of these books you have around you? I notice that you have had Atonement on your to-read list for the last six months.' 'It is a Never-Ending Quiz,' answered the man. 'In Twilight, what color was Edward's car?' 'I believe you said silver?' Answered the Little Prince politely.'
Thank you,' muttered the man. You were right. I should have known that.' 'I'm sorry, I must be going,' said the Little Prince. And he went on his way, thinking that grown-ups were very, very, very strange.
We are all children in adult bodies. Yes we are, don't think we aren't for one moment. The fact that we WERE, indeed, children, is a huge part of each of us. It is possible to shed a few appreciative tears on every page of this book if you entertain the thought that the pilot IS The Little Prince. Maybe you won't think that-maybe you'll have your own take on the book-that's the magic about it. This book is translated to English from French.
If you understand and/or appreciate French, the deli We are all children in adult bodies. Yes we are, don't think we aren't for one moment. The fact that we WERE, indeed, children, is a huge part of each of us. It is possible to shed a few appreciative tears on every page of this book if you entertain the thought that the pilot IS The Little Prince. Maybe you won't think that-maybe you'll have your own take on the book-that's the magic about it. This book is translated to English from French. If you understand and/or appreciate French, the deliciousness of that fact can affect you in addition to the sweet storyline itself.
The book won't even take you a whole day to read. Consider honoring the Little You that still remains, and resides within you, and read this salute to childhood, to innocence, and to you. It just takes a 'Little' imagination and bravery. Great observations, but personally I think it's overrated. It practically begs the reader to come to the conclusion that if you don't 'get it' it's your own fault because you're a 'grown up, and only kids can see what matters.'
It's heavy handed, clumsily executed observations on what's important in life. It's not wrong by any means, but it's kind of pseudo-intellectualist.I'm going to go with a literal interpretation of the plot, because it's more fun that way:A man crashes his plane in the de Great observations, but personally I think it's overrated. It practically begs the reader to come to the conclusion that if you don't 'get it' it's your own fault because you're a 'grown up, and only kids can see what matters.' It's heavy handed, clumsily executed observations on what's important in life. It's not wrong by any means, but it's kind of pseudo-intellectualist.I'm going to go with a literal interpretation of the plot, because it's more fun that way:A man crashes his plane in the desert, hallucinates a small alien boy that teaches him philosophical lessons, invents a history for him, finds a well just in time to stave off dehydration, as he re-hydrates, his hallucinated alien friend kills himself and disappears, he fixes his plane and flies home and is sad about it, but feels blessed for the experience as it has changed him.Ready for the moral? It's really simple:'It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.'
Or in other words, spend your time developing relationships, don't worry so much about the things, they're not important, it's the time you spend and how you spend it that is.That's a nice philosophy, I get it. A 'Daddy/Daughter nighttime reading hour' reviewThis was a toughy for me to review. I wasn't sure of the best perspective from which to provide comments so as to be of assistance to my fellow readers since this is a children's book (rather than YA which would be reviewed purely on its own merits).
After a short session of 'what should I do,' I bravely decided to punt, figuring that there are already more than enough excellent reviews of this without my clogging up the cyber arteries with another A 'Daddy/Daughter nighttime reading hour' reviewThis was a toughy for me to review. I wasn't sure of the best perspective from which to provide comments so as to be of assistance to my fellow readers since this is a children's book (rather than YA which would be reviewed purely on its own merits). After a short session of 'what should I do,' I bravely decided to punt, figuring that there are already more than enough excellent reviews of this without my clogging up the cyber arteries with another one. Therefore, I decided simply to share my experience of reading/listening to the book with my daughter along with a couple of thoughts on the concepts discussed in the story and hope that you can take something useful from it.So as part of our nightly routine, my youngest daughter, Sydney, and I have daddy/princess read time. The other night, she and I listened to the audio version of The Little Prince while we read along with a copy of the book. As usual, it was an AMAZING experience. I am convinced that I learn more about the stories we read from her and her reactions to the narrative than she does from me.and I love it.It's only a two hour audio (86 pages) and yet the two of us spent close to 4 hours listening and talking about the various chapters in the story (plus a brief 15 minute break for Mom to give her a bath while Dad helped big sister Kenzie with her math homework).
Sydney had all kinds of questions (some just hysterically funny in how much sense they made from a kid-centric view of the world). We would stop the story after each planet or character to talk about what she thought the story meant and what messages the story was trying to deliver.For those of you with children, you know how wonderful this can be and I was on the ninth cloud watching my little girl ponder over the book.From this perspective, the story was perfect and deserves an easy 5 stars. However, since it's not very helpful to rate a book based on that kind of non-transferable experience, I didn't want to rely solely on that for its final rating.After explaining to Syd the goodreads star system, she would give this 4 stars as she really liked the British accent of the narrator and the crazy adventures the Prince experiences on the various planets. BTW, from Sydney's point of view, 4 stars is the absolute ceiling for any book dealing with ickies like boys and this would easily earn 5 stars had the story been called the 'The Little Princess.' Princes are still second class citizens at this stage in her life.and Dad is oh, oh, OH so perfectly fine with that).For me, looking at this sans Sydney, I liked it but was not smitten with it enough to go higher than 3 stars. The story is well written and has something to say about the human condition and how people spend too much of their lives focusing on the wrong things and not enough time enjoying where they are.
A nice message and one I was happy to expose Sydney to, but I was not always enamored with the path the author took to get there.Overall, a good read on its own and a potentially a great experience if shared with your children.as most things in life are.3.5 stars. “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”I remember, when I was little, I had this round CD case and it contained an audiobook. Now as a child I loved audiobooks, or someone reading stories to me. Still do today, actually. Anyway, the audiobook was titled The Little Prince, and I listened to it quite often. That, however, was at least 10 years ago, possibly more.
So I decided that it was time for a reread. (I'm sorry to say that I cannot fin “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”I remember, when I was little, I had this round CD case and it contained an audiobook. Now as a child I loved audiobooks, or someone reading stories to me. Still do today, actually. Anyway, the audiobook was titled The Little Prince, and I listened to it quite often.
That, however, was at least 10 years ago, possibly more. So I decided that it was time for a reread. (I'm sorry to say that I cannot find the CD anywhere. Maybe my mom gave it away.)Rereading this brought up nostalgia and melancholia. This is a very cute, very sad book, and I don't like the ending very much. I don't understand why the Prince couldn't just fly back to his planet. You know, instead of dying.
Or did he die? I think he just left his body behind and returned anyway.
But still.why make it so sad when it was already sad enough? This is a beautiful tale of childhood, love and friendship. One that I wouldn't have wanted to miss.
Beautiful reading!WHEN A ROSE IS NOT A ROSEIt is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.I plan to read The Little Prince since many time ago, and I was aware that it was a quick reading, but still I hadn’t do it yet, until now.I went to the cinema theaters and I watched the new animated film about it, and while I hadn’t read the book, I watched the film and I loved it. I was aware that it wasn’t an exact adaptation per se, and then I knew th Beautiful reading!WHEN A ROSE IS NOT A ROSEIt is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.I plan to read The Little Prince since many time ago, and I was aware that it was a quick reading, but still I hadn’t do it yet, until now.I went to the cinema theaters and I watched the new animated film about it, and while I hadn’t read the book, I watched the film and I loved it.
I was aware that it wasn’t an exact adaptation per se, and then I knew that it was about time to read the book.It was a quick reading, it took me like a couple of hours. Wonderful book.The Little Prince is a metaphorical and surrealist journey where a rose isn’t necessarily a rose, a fox isn’t always a fox, a small planet isn’t a small planet all the time.All those things and more that you can find in the book, they will be whatever you need to be. For a kid's story, this one has rather heavy-handed intentions embedded into quite a sophisticated system of symbols that exists to produce a strong & emotional effect. Like Voltaire in 'Micromegas', Antoine de Saint-Exupery plays with sizes & scales, meddles with the allegorical and even plays with time. He knew, like an astute psychoanalyst, precisely which images to use to convey the mere representation of Mortality.
Le Petit Prince is the Everyman who has a deep passion somewhere ins For a kid's story, this one has rather heavy-handed intentions embedded into quite a sophisticated system of symbols that exists to produce a strong & emotional effect. Like Voltaire in 'Micromegas', Antoine de Saint-Exupery plays with sizes & scales, meddles with the allegorical and even plays with time. He knew, like an astute psychoanalyst, precisely which images to use to convey the mere representation of Mortality. Le Petit Prince is the Everyman who has a deep passion somewhere inside of him and only with childlike wonder and awe (he asks questions on top of questions: no matter the degree of absurdity) is he able to show us glimpses of it. Externalizing feelings like only a child can. I find the golden-tressed titular child a very peculiar emblem in the middle of the Saharan desert.
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An eerie, living monolith (almost an oxymoron when one comes to think of it.) So, kids, let me ask you this one: Are we just placed on this planet so as to remain forever. The Little Prince is the one book of my childhood that truly wrecked me. Wrecked me, irrevocably.It is the one story that I swore I'd never read again.I didn't. I never read it to my son, either.Then, last week, my middle child, my oldest daughter, discovered the 2015 film of it, and came to me, sobbing, and said, “Mommy, you've just got to watch this movie. It's so beautiful.”I did.
I watched it. It was a good movie, but, as usual, they added parts, they took away parts, they created The Little Prince is the one book of my childhood that truly wrecked me. Wrecked me, irrevocably.It is the one story that I swore I'd never read again.I didn't. I never read it to my son, either.Then, last week, my middle child, my oldest daughter, discovered the 2015 film of it, and came to me, sobbing, and said, “Mommy, you've just got to watch this movie.
It's so beautiful.”I did. I watched it. It was a good movie, but, as usual, they added parts, they took away parts, they created violence where it wasn't necessary, etc. So, purist that I am, I marched into the library, checked out the book and told my girls, “If you're going to know a story, then learn the original version.”My hands were shaking this weekend, as I cracked the cover to read it, and the first thing I did was read the backflap, where I was reminded that the author himself went missing a year after the book was published in 1943.
I immediately pictured Antoine De Saint-Exupery in his little airplane, crashing somewhere, alone, in the Mediterranean Sea. Pretty disturbing, if you know the premise of this fictional story. The tears started early.I don't know what it is about these desert stories, but they wreck me, every time. I have never cried harder than after watching Ralph Fiennes in that red airplane, flying over the desert in The English Patient, or after meeting Claudia, in Moon Tiger, and realizing what she has lost, what she will never find again, in those desert sands.The desert seems to magnify desolation, naturally, by its isolation. It can be a setting for great reflection, great stories, and even greater loss. And, it is here in this desert setting that our crashed pilot meets the little prince, whose life experiences illuminate almost every important lesson we could learn in a lifetime.Of course I was crying again, but in a good way.I could just sit here, adding quote after quote from this book on this review.
I could advise all men that everything they need to know about women is available to them in the passages between the little prince and the rose. I could advise all parents of young children that this is one of those rare books that reminds you how precious and fleeting your time is with your kids.But, “language is the source of misunderstandings,” and I'd be better served to invite you to crash in the desert yourself. See if the little prince shows up to speak to you.
See what he has to say. There's a huge place in my heart for this little world-in-a-book; I read it first when I was wee, again many times since. A review won't do it justice, so I'll quote one of my favorite passages and risk sentimentality:-'Nothing is perfect,' sighed the fox.But he came back to his idea.' My life's very monotonous,' he said. 'I hunt chickens; men hunt me.All chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike.And in consequence, I am a little bored.But if you tame me, it'll be as if the sun ca There's a huge place in my heart for this little world-in-a-book; I read it first when I was wee, again many times since.
A review won't do it justice, so I'll quote one of my favorite passages and risk sentimentality:-'Nothing is perfect,' sighed the fox.But he came back to his idea.' My life's very monotonous,' he said. 'I hunt chickens; men hunt me.All chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike.And in consequence, I am a little bored.But if you tame me, it'll be as if the sun came to shine on my life.I shall know the sound of a step that'll be different from all the others.Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground.Yours will call me, like music out of my burrow.And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder?I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me.The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad.But you have hair that is the color of gold.Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me!The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you.And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat'.
2 StarsI know this is a much loved, much published, children's classic that has been published in pretty much every language there is. As such, I'm not pretentious enough to think my thoughts on it matter, so I'll keep this short.I have challenged myself to read one classic a month this year, and so far, I am failing miserably. MISERABLY, you guys. It's July (almost August, but I'm throwing myself a bone so I feel like less of a loser) and I have only read two. This one and Peter Pan (of which 2 StarsI know this is a much loved, much published, children's classic that has been published in pretty much every language there is.
As such, I'm not pretentious enough to think my thoughts on it matter, so I'll keep this short.I have challenged myself to read one classic a month this year, and so far, I am failing miserably. MISERABLY, you guys. It's July (almost August, but I'm throwing myself a bone so I feel like less of a loser) and I have only read two. This one and Peter Pan (of which I also completely missed the plot).
And yes, I chose both of them because they are short. And geared for children. So I figured they would be easy to read.Wrong.I finished Alice in Wonderland on December 28th of 2017 (which I ALSO didn't love), after reading it over the course of almost a full month. If only I had really let my loser truly shine and work for me for once and waited three more days to finish it. Then I would at least be three for seven.But I digress.I'm starting to think children's classics might not be for me. At least not these whimsical, nonsensical, fable/allegory-style classics for which I am obviously too uncouth and unintelligent. Or whatever the case may be.
Regardless, I am just finding them to be very boring and I just can't get into them.I'm gonna try Dorian Gray next though. NOT a children's classic. So hopefully I have more luck.Fingers crossed. Written as a children's book, I find myself unable to pin down firmly as to what makes The Little Prince such a universally likeable book, be it children or grown-ups. What makes it the Hotel California of literature?Is it because most grown-ups secretly love being treated like kids? I think as a grown-up you ought to know better than that.
Grown-ups like to be petted around now and then in jest, but that's the end of it. Often, when grown-ups are indeed treated like kids and they're not in the Written as a children's book, I find myself unable to pin down firmly as to what makes The Little Prince such a universally likeable book, be it children or grown-ups. What makes it the Hotel California of literature?Is it because most grown-ups secretly love being treated like kids? I think as a grown-up you ought to know better than that. Grown-ups like to be petted around now and then in jest, but that's the end of it. Often, when grown-ups are indeed treated like kids and they're not in the mood, there is a tiny matchstick inside each one of them, an insecure ego which flares up angrily like it has been wildly struck against a matchbox. In my experience, grown ups like to be taken very seriously.
Very very seriously.Is it the clear, simple language? No, it can't be just that. There have been books that have been written with clarity and have been criticized by pedants and pontificating bores for their simplicity.
Grown ups like to feel wise and learned by having claimed to read complicated texts that engaged them at an 'intellectual' level. They don't like important things being pointed out to them in simple language, after all they're the know-it-all grown-ups and don't need anybody patronizing them.Is it because the book is so short and grown-ups are always keen on finishing books real quick? No, it can't be just that either.
I know grown-ups who believe that a good book, like a well-mixed drink, must be held between the fingers and tended to lovingly at length to let it get to your head.Is it the timeless lessons that the book cushions behind layers of delightful story-telling? Is it the sense of wonder that the book inspires in the most cynical, world-weary adult, if not for posterity then for a day or an hour? I don't know, could be, could be. I have read only three books which I felt were magical:, and this one. However, what separates this from the other two is that this is a book for all ages.There was a magazine called 'Imprint' (now defunct) during my childhood, in India.
It used to publish literary articles and stories. My father got official copies and he brought them home regularly.
One issue contained this story, and he gave it to me for reading. I was maybe 10-12 at that ti I have read only three books which I felt were magical:, and this one. However, what separates this from the other two is that this is a book for all ages.There was a magazine called 'Imprint' (now defunct) during my childhood, in India.
It used to publish literary articles and stories. My father got official copies and he brought them home regularly.
One issue contained this story, and he gave it to me for reading. I was maybe 10-12 at that time.It left an indelible impression on my mind: I was sad for the little prince and his proud rose, and constantly worried whether the goat would eat it. I chuckled at the silly grownups on the various planets, following their inane pursuits. I was sad when the fox and the prince had to separate, after he had tamed it.
And I broke down and cried at the end.I read this book again after a long time. And suddenly realised that I had become one of those adults on the asteroids. I was still sad after reading it-but now the sorrow had a deeper meaning.
It was the death of childhood that I was reading about.This book is an absolute treasure.PostscriptJuly 22, 2015 - I gave this book to my son a couple of days back. Hopefully he'll read it - he has yet to fully transform into a silly grown-up.
“But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart”‘The Little Prince’ would appear at first to be a simple story, but this little prince is very wise.His messages of compassion and goodwill will continue to endure.Through a series of quotes he teaches us seven very valuable life lessons.1.
Don’t be too fond of numbers.2. Look after the planet.3. Don’t judge others by their words but by what they do.4. Relationships make life worth living.5.The important things in life you cannot see wit “But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart”‘The Little Prince’ would appear at first to be a simple story, but this little prince is very wise.His messages of compassion and goodwill will continue to endure.Through a series of quotes he teaches us seven very valuable life lessons.1. Don’t be too fond of numbers.2.
Look after the planet.3. Don’t judge others by their words but by what they do.4. Relationships make life worth living.5.The important things in life you cannot see with your eyes, only with your heart.6.It is the time you give to something that makes it precious.7.And finally remember to look up at the stars.“ Stars mean different things to different people. For travellers, stars tell them where they are,where they are going.For others,they are just little lights in the sky.For scholars they are the world of the unknown,yet to be discovered and understood.For my businessman,they are gold.But all stars stay silent.And you?No one else in the world will see the stars as you do. For you and only for you, the stars will always be laughing”The book ‘The Little Prince ‘ was given to me as a gift.
Anyone can give someone a gift but how many of us are given a gift that makes us sit back and evaluate just what is truly important in life.The pace of life nowadays is so frantic,trying to juggle a million things at once,often there is no time to really appreciate the precious gifts of family,friends and all that we hold dear in our hearts.I would like to take the time to thank from the bottom of my heart that very precious friend of mine,who made me remember that when I look up at the stars the very brightest star will be a reminder of what true friendship means. In a grimy underground locked public toilet The Little Prince wakes slowly, he’s been out cold for hours. He’s bleeding from a gash on his upper arm. He finds he is chained by leg irons to the wall. There is another person sharing his predicament. It’s a bear, also chained to the opposite wall.
In the center of the floor is the corpse of what appears to be donkey in a pool of blood. Near the corpse are a gun, a tape recorder and a saw.“Grownups are very strange,” said the Little Prince to himse In a grimy underground locked public toilet The Little Prince wakes slowly, he’s been out cold for hours. He’s bleeding from a gash on his upper arm. He finds he is chained by leg irons to the wall. There is another person sharing his predicament. It’s a bear, also chained to the opposite wall.
In the center of the floor is the corpse of what appears to be donkey in a pool of blood. Near the corpse are a gun, a tape recorder and a saw.“Grownups are very strange,” said the Little Prince to himself, sadly. I'm having one of those awkward moments where I, um. I just don't get it. Look, I've never been good with metaphors and absurdism books. I just get left in a small puddle of confusion.
I think this book just wanted to say that adults suck because they don't listen to children. Which can be true. But being an adult doesn't always mean you've lost your imagination. Artists!!) So I don't know. It's either an allegory or a big metaphor or just one of those whimsy classics that are talking I'm having one of those awkward moments where I, um. I just don't get it. Look, I've never been good with metaphors and absurdism books.
I just get left in a small puddle of confusion. I think this book just wanted to say that adults suck because they don't listen to children. Which can be true.
But being an adult doesn't always mean you've lost your imagination. Artists!!) So I don't know. It's either an allegory or a big metaphor or just one of those whimsy classics that are talking about beautiful flowers but REALLY talking about something else. Review After Re-Reading - February 9, 2012Rating: 3 stars!Although I still liked it, I have to lower the rating by two stars because: 1. The book is really intended for children as it is very whimsical and illogical. We husbands cannot give an empty wallet to our wives and tell them that there is our salary inside and expect them to be happy. Honey, here is my wallet, what is essential is invisible to your eyes!2.
Saint-Ex contradicted himself so several times via his characters. For example, he Review After Re-Reading - February 9, 2012Rating: 3 stars!Although I still liked it, I have to lower the rating by two stars because: 1.
The book is really intended for children as it is very whimsical and illogical. We husbands cannot give an empty wallet to our wives and tell them that there is our salary inside and expect them to be happy. Honey, here is my wallet, what is essential is invisible to your eyes!2. Saint-Ex contradicted himself so several times via his characters.
For example, he left his small planet because he was unhappy with his rose. So, why did he not go back right away since he was able to do so via the migratory birds.
Why did he have to let the snake bite him for his soul to go back to his planet? This is just my interpretation).3. This just cannot be in the same rank together with my other top favorite books like Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook or Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. Although I admire Saint-Ex, his works (I read two including this) cannot hold candle to the works of these 3 favorite authors of mine. I know this is debatable but it's just a matter of preference. However, this is still my favorite children's book along with E. White's Charlotte's Web.To took me so long to figure this for myself: sometimes we love books not because they are really good but because of the memories associated with them.
I think that's the main reason why I rated this 5 stars when I joined Goodreads.Don't get me wrong. While re-reading, this book still put a smile on my face. I just figured today that the reason was the memories. Had this been my first time to read this, I would have rated this, for whatever it's worth, also with 3-stars (I like this!)Original Review in March 2009 when I joined GoodreadsRating: 5 stars!First read in full sometime in 1992 when I was in collegeI will not be ashamed to admit that this is my favorite novel of them all.
I read this when I was young and I can still recall the detail of each encounter or planet where he went. Who can also forget the famous line: 'What is essential is invisible to the eye'? Even Ruffa Gutierrez quoted this line when she competed in Miss World beauty pageant a couple of decades ago. For all its ethereal beauty, meaningful lines and timeless messages, this novel is one that I will read again before I die and I hope Jillian will encourage her kids in the future to read this too. We've just been in Italy for a couple of days, and luckily there was a bookshop a few doors down from the place we were staying. I bought some Italian books to try and make some progress on this language where I am still a total beginner. One of them was Il piccolo principe.Well.
Having already read it in six languages (English, Swedish, French, German, Spanish and Russian), I could mostly follow the text. I don't think I know it by heart and am just pretending to read it, since I discovered e We've just been in Italy for a couple of days, and luckily there was a bookshop a few doors down from the place we were staying.
I bought some Italian books to try and make some progress on this language where I am still a total beginner. One of them was Il piccolo principe.Well.
Having already read it in six languages (English, Swedish, French, German, Spanish and Russian), I could mostly follow the text. I don't think I know it by heart and am just pretending to read it, since I discovered earlier this year that I couldn't read it in Slovenian. There must be a technical name for what I'm doing, but I don't know what it is! Anyway, I'm sure I improved my vocabulary and grammar; every page, in fact almost every paragraph, I felt I'd learned something new. But I was disappointed to find that I couldn't enjoy it at all as poetry. I don't know if that was because the translation was uninspired, or, more likely, simply because my Italian is still so bad that I'm basically reading it as though it's weird French.Damn.
That which is essential is invisible to the eye, and only with the heart can one see rightly, but my heart is still unable to see the true form of Il piccolo principe. What do I need to do to awaken my inner bambino?
I will reread it and see if the book can tame me.Rereading worked very well! The book is doing a fine job of taming me: just as the wise old fox explains, words which once looked like ten thousand other words have become my friends.
I look at them, and now they make me happy because they remind me of my favorite passages in Il piccolo principe. I have divided further explanation under two headings:Grown-ups I can understand over 80% of the words and over 90% of the sentences. I am starting to get some feeling for the grammar.
The clitic system, in particular, is interestingly different from the French one I am used to. Clitics are by default postverbal affixes, and I'm fascinated by the exotic phenomenon of clitic-climbing. I still haven't got the verb inflections properly sorted out, but there's no doubt that they're starting to look familiar.Children I can finally hear the Little Prince's voice in Italian!
He is not quite as annoying, funny and adorable as he is in French, but maybe a third reading will fix that. Oh this book! The Little Prince has been my faithful and trusted friend since I was a child. It's amazing how differently I looked at the book as an innocent 9 year old to the adult who I am now. The simple truths in this book are amazing, I could quote them for days and days. They are very philosophical and even though they are often over-quoted, it doesn't make them less true. The illustrations are simple.
I re-read this book at least once a year to remind myself to be as inquisitive as a chil Oh this book! The Little Prince has been my faithful and trusted friend since I was a child. It's amazing how differently I looked at the book as an innocent 9 year old to the adult who I am now. The simple truths in this book are amazing, I could quote them for days and days. They are very philosophical and even though they are often over-quoted, it doesn't make them less true.
The illustrations are simple. I re-read this book at least once a year to remind myself to be as inquisitive as a child.
Having read both the English and French versions, I can say I love them equally in both languages.This book will always have a special place on my bookshelf. Book Review3 out of 5 stars to, a French children's story written in 1943. Have you ever read a book that was translated into your native language and thought, 'I've lost some beauty and meaning in this version?' That's how I feel about this book.
I read it in English as I cannot read, speak or write French. I know very little about the French, but with a few folks I've known, I can align this book with their personalities. Though it's deemed a c Book Review3 out of 5 stars to, a French children's story written in 1943. Have you ever read a book that was translated into your native language and thought, 'I've lost some beauty and meaning in this version?'
That's how I feel about this book. I read it in English as I cannot read, speak or write French.
I know very little about the French, but with a few folks I've known, I can align this book with their personalities. Though it's deemed a children's book, in America, we're often a little less willing to give something like this to kids, so it's probably better for a new teenager to read. It has some pictures as well as story, so it's somewhere in the middle of YA versus children's book to me.As for the story, consider it a moral lesson, an allegory, in how to live life. Comparing adults to children. Imagination to work. Freedom to structure.
Why you choose to do something versus being told to do it. The characters are a little too direct or cold for me to connect with, but I do enjoy the conversation the book starts with young adults. It can teach you how to think on your own but also recognize there is a time and place for questioning why versus just doing the task.I would like to learn French to see if I read something different from the book. But then again, without years of culture and history, it may not have the same impact as it does for someone who grew up in the environment. Anyone from France have a theory? I'd be curious.About MeFor those new to me or my reviews.
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