The Little Prince
French novelist, 1900–1944.
The Little Prince is a 1943 novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated from French.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- First published
- 1943
- Length
- 112 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from French
- Genre
- Children's and young adult, Fable, Philosophical
Is The Little Prince worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 books of the century (Le Monde) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 4 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Little Prince
The edition we link to is the Wordsworth Editions paperback (2018), 112 pages, translated by Irene Testot-Ferry.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 112
- Translator
- Irene Testot-Ferry
- ISBN
- 9781840227604
How critics and readers rate The Little Prince
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 24% of the points available on critics' lists, against 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Little Prince
If you liked The Little Prince, try Brave New World, The Magic Mountain or A Clockwork Orange.
