The Little Prince (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—cosmic voyage
- Time of Work: About 1943
- Setting: Earth and various asteroids and planets
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Values, Africa or Africans, Nature, Other worlds, 1940’s, Friendship, 1930’s, Flowers, Death or dying, Fantasy, Earth, Airplanes or jets, Aviation or aviators, Deserts, Fairy tales, Princes or princesses, Aliens, space
- Locales: Earth, Fictional planets
The Plot
The Little Prince begins with the famous pair of drawings with which the narrator, Saint-Exupéry himself, tests the understanding of adults. The first is of a boa constrictor that has swallowed an elephant. Most adults see only a hat shape; they cannot see beyond the exterior. For them, he draws another boa constrictor, this time in cross-section, so they can see the elephant inside.
After years of loneliness in the world of grown-ups, Saint- Exupéry crashes his plane in the desert. While he is trying to repair his plane, the Little Prince appears and...
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