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Author: Saint-Exupery, Antoine de

General & literary fiction

Published on 14 July 2016 by Pan Macmillan (Macmillan Collector’s Library) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Macmillan Collector’s Library’ series.

Hardback | 136 pages
152 x 102 x 16 | 176g

‘You only see clearly with your heart. The most important things are invisible to the eyes.’Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. This edition features a specially commissioned translation by Ros and Chloe Schwarz, as well as the charming original illustrations by Saint-Exupry himself, coloured by Barbara Frith.

After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet. Their strange and moving meeting illuminates for the aviator many of life’s universal truths, as he comes to learn what it means to be human from a child who is not. Antoine de Saint-Exupry’s delightful The Little Prince has been translated into over 180 languages and sold over 80 million copies.