First publishcd in 1943, The Little Prince is thc most famous work of French aristocrat, writcr, poet, and pionccring aviator Antoinc dc Saint-Exupery. As a novclla. The Little Princc is thc fourth most-translatcd book in thc world and was voted thc best book of thc 20th century in Francc.The novclla is a poctic tale, vvith watcrcolour illustrations by thc author, in which a pilot stranded in thc desert mccts a young princc fallcn to Earth from a tiny asteroid namcd B-612.The book ineludes some criticism from a child’s eye on thc strangeness of thc adult world whilc tclling thc little princc’s advcnturcs. The princc has sincc visited six otlıcr asteroids, cach of which was inhabited by a single, irrational. narrow-mindcd adult. Thcy inelude: a king vvith no subjccts: a vain man who bclicvcs himself thc most admirable person on his othcrvvisc uninhabitcd planet; a drunkard who drinks to forget thc shamc of bcing a drunkard: a businessman who is blind to thc bcauty of thc stars and instead cndlcssly counts them in order to ovn them ali; a lamplightcr who wastes his life blindly folloving orders and cxtinguishing and rclighting a lamp oncc a minute; and an eldcrly geographer. His last stop is Earth wherc thc prince thinks is uninhabitcd becausc he fırst lands in a desert. Than thc little princc’s rcassurancc to thc pilot takes placc, but soon he goes avay from him by leaving his disappointments as well.
