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The Little Prince
Fiction e-Book-of-the-Month, Jan 2000. YOU MAY NEVER FIND ANOTHER BOOK more widely read or more loved by both children and adults as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince. Originally published in France in 1943, it has become a modern classic, a fable in the fullest sense, offering layers of meaning to be drawn away with each reading. In December 1999, in its country of origin, Le Petit Prince was voted the Book of the Century. In the story, the narrator meets the little prince while repairing his airplane in the Sahara Desert. The prince, after asking the narrator to draw him a picture of a sheep, tells the story of the journey from his very small planet with three volcanos and a haughty rose, the characters he meets along the way, and the lessons he learns, a trip that finally leads him to Earth. Whether you discover this gentle parable of peace, love and understanding as a child or as an adult, its words and images - from Drawing Number One to the heartbreaking starlit desert scene where the little prince finally disappears - will live in your heart forever.
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