Comments on: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

By: Devourer of Books » Blog Archive » Read-athon: Quotation Mini-Challenge

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:28:48 +0000

[...] though Maw Books wasn’t thrilled with it, “The Little Prince” is one of my very favorite books. I try to read it both in [...]

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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and a Confession — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:27:35 +0000

[...] blurbs, I groaned because three of those blurbs mentioned how it was like The Little Prince, which I did not like. Oh great! While reading, I could definitely see the similarities but because I actually [...]

By: Natasha Maw

Natasha Maw — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:40:46 +0000

I honestly don’t think that reading it in French would make a difference for me. I’m sure it is written more beautifully but the gist would be the same,would it not?

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:34:14 +0000

I meant, LEARN French….

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:33:18 +0000

I think I need to read French and then reread this…

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:57:02 +0000

I have not read this but I remember that my friends who took French in high school had to read it and they either loved it or hated it.

By: Laydiana

Laydiana — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:51:27 +0000

OMG “Le petit prince” !! I’ve been read the stories since I was little.. It’s very popular here in Quebec and they even had the play

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:26:36 +0000

I think the problem may be with the translation. Sometimes books that are wonderful in their native tongue come out seeming pretentious and choppy when translated. I’ve never read this one though so I couldn’t tell you. I have the French version, which I was supposed to read for a class but I never got around to it. My sister read it in French though and she loved it…

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:34:57 +0000

This is in my pile for this week. So I didn’t read all of your post because I don’t want to know too much. But I’ll be back this week to weigh in on what I think about it!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:21:36 +0000

I also read this in my high school French class in the original French, and at the time, I did enjoy it. It could have been partly the thrill of reading an entire book in French and actually understanding all of it, but at the time I did think it was a very sweet little book. Maybe not a kid’s book, though… there are a lot of “morals” in this story for it to be considered a kids’ book.