num_pages: 160
description: 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.Letter to a Hostage, which contains certain themes that were to appear in The Little Prince, is Saint-Exupery's optimistic and humane open letter to a Jewish intellectual hiding in occupied France in 1943.
language: English
title: The Little Prince & Letter to a Hostage
titlecomplete: The Little Prince & Letter to a Hostage
genres: Classics, Adventure, France, Fantasy, Philosophy, Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 11029
publisher: Penguin