Customer Reviews
almost poetry - By: Martha Timmis, 02 Jun 2008 
Anyone who would say this book could only be enjoyed by children are utterly wrong. I'm not a child & i thought it was a beautifully written & inspiring story. It tells the tale of the little prince who wishes to explore another planet as he has always lived on his own (apart from his friend the rose). I won't go into the plot too much because to be honest it was a while ago that i read it & i wouldn't want to get it wrong, but one chapterin particular that i remember being quite touching is when the little prince talks about his friendship with a fox. The book is almost poetic, & at times i found it quite sad, but i would reccommend it to anyone, no matter what age.
fine fine book - By: B. Madhu, 31 Mar 2008 I really enjoyed this book tremendously. I think the latest news report about the German pilot who claims he shot down Saint-Exupery is going to make the interestin his work, & especially this book shoot back upin the charts!
Brill Book - By: Mehajabeen Farid, 16 Mar 2008 `The Little Prince' is a true classic tale. It is very well-known & very well-loved. This is the complete & unabridged book written by Antoine De Saint-Exupery.
Here is the plot of the story: the boyin this story lives on a planet on his own, so he visited some other planets. A king inhabited the first planet. He looked very majestic. He sat on a beautiful throne & had a curiosity for yawning - he ordered the little prince to yawn! On the second planet, there lived a proud man who called our main characterin this book, an admirer! A drunkard was who lived on the third planet; the prince stayed only for a short while & he was very sad indeed! The fourth planet belonged to a businessperson - a very, very, very busy one as well. The fifth planet was tiny! It was so small; it only fitted a lamppost & a lamppost lighter! The sixth planet was much larger & an old man occupied it who was a geographer. And the seventh planet was very unlike the rest - it was Earth...
I really liked this book & would positively rate it 9/ 10. I would strongly recommend it to anyonein the need of a very good read.
one of the greatest books ever written, destroyed by bad translation - By: Leah Mcgowan, 23 Aug 2007 
I originally read this bookin the katherine woods translation & feelin love. I bought this new translation as a gift for a friend however, after noticing it was different, I read it. What a monstrousity of a translation! I suppose the translator was attempting to "modernize" the speech butin reality they simply dumbed down the content. This translation has lost the beautiful poetic flow of the katherine woods translation. It is like an entirely different book. Why publishers felt the need to fix something that was never broken is beyond me.
I was so disgusted, I threw away this translation & searched for the original at a used book shop.
The best book in the world - By: Geraldine Powell, 17 Jun 2007 I have just scanned through several of the other reviews, & they all give this novel five stars, apart from one, but that is due to the translation.
I read this book firstin English, & then later obtained a copy from France, & I have to say that it flows so much betterin its original language.
I re-read this book periodically, & it never fails to break my heart. So profound & poignant, it is certainly deserving of a placein so many people's classic list.
