The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), was published in April 1943 in both English and French, and quickly achieved worldwide fame. Today it is a cult classic, considered one of the ten essential books for everyone.



Saint-Exupéry, who won several major literary awards in France and was a military pilot at the beginning of World War II, wrote and illustrated the manuscript while in exile in the United States.



The Little Prince is a poetic tale accompanied by watercolor illustrations by Saint-Exupéry himself. It tells the story of a pilot who is lost in the Sahara Desert after his plane breaks down, and there he meets a little prince from another planet, who recounts his adventures and becomes his friend.