589. The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

eBook source: Free from MobileRead (LRF)

Read on: Sony PRS-300

Thoughts
This is a novella that on the surface appears to be a children's story but which covers themes which can be appreciated by adults. All I knew about this story prior to reading it, I learnt from an xkcd comic. I'm surprised that I had never heard of the story earlier because it really is very charming, although I probably would have enjoyed its simple narrative style more when I was a child. On the other hand, I might have been upset at the ending at that time and I probably would not have understood the significance of some of the chapters. My favourite chapter is the one with the fox.

About the eBook
This eBook includes the illustrations (which are essential to this story). It's a pity that most eInk devices only do greyscale at present because many of the illustrations are in colour. This is the translation from French by Katherine Woods, which is out of copyright in Australia, however I believe it is still in copyright in the US.

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