The Little Prince - + Letter to a Hostage

Informationen zum Autor Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), was born into an aristocratic French family at the turn of the century. Saint-Exupéry was preoccupied with aviation from a young age; a passion which would lead him into the French Air Force. His first two books, Southern Mail and Night Flight , are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Flight to Arras , stress his humanistic philosophy. Saint-Exupéry's popular children's book The Little Prince is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. In 1944, Saint-Exupéry's plane disappeared during a mission in World War II. Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), was born into an aristocratic French family at the turn of the century. Saint-Exupéry was preoccupied with aviation from a young age; a passion which would lead him into the French Air Force. His first two books, Southern Mail and Night Flight , are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Flight to Arras , stress his humanistic philosophy. Saint-Exupéry's popular children's book The Little Prince is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. In 1944, Saint-Exupéry's plane disappeared during a mission in World War II. Klappentext In "The Little Prince",a small boy leaves the tiny planet on which he lives alone, on a trip to Earth, where he is introduced to the vagaries of adult behaviour. "Letter to a Hostage" is an open letter to a Jewish intellectual in hiding in occupied France. Zusammenfassung In "The Little Prince",a small boy leaves the tiny planet on which he lives alone, on a trip to Earth, where he is introduced to the vagaries of adult behaviour. "Letter to a Hostage" is an open letter to a Jewish intellectual in hiding in occupied France....

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• Authors: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Assisted by: Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Illustration), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Illustration), Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Illustration), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Illustration), T V F Cuffe (Introduction), T V F Cuffe (Translation), T.V.F. Cuffe (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English, French
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.01.2001
• EAN: 9780141185620
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118562-0
• No. of pages: 118
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks; Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics Translated Texts S.; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics; Penguin Pocketbooks; Modern Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Fantasy, FICTION / Fantasy / General, Fiction in translation, FICTION / World Literature / France / 20th Century