An adventure story for the heart

This book has captivated readers around the world for decades.

For 80 years, The Little Prince, with its themes of love and friendship, has been one of the most popular and widely translated books worldwide. A true adventure story inspired the beloved tale. A passion for flying Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in 1900 in Lyon, France. In 1912, he took his first trip in an airplane and decided he wanted to be a pilot one day. He fulfilled his dream, becoming an airmail pilot, and joined the French Air Force. In 1935, Saint-Exupéry attempted to break an airspeed record on a flight from Paris, France, to Saigon, in present-day Vietnam. Nearly 20 hours into the flight, he crashed in the Sahara desert. After four days, he was rescued. Following Germany’s invasion of France during World War II (1939–1945), Saint-Exupéry…

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