The Little Prince (novella) – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Free Audiobook

Written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Read by Humphrey Bower
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
Release date: 03-27-09
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Richard Howard – translator

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. “Please,” asks the stranger, “draw me a sheep.” And the pilot realizes that when life’s events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper… And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.

ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY, the “Winged Poet,” was born in Lyon, France, in 1900. A pilot at twenty-six, he was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. His writings include The Little Prince, Wind, Sand and Stars, Night Flight, Southern Mail, and Airman’s Odyssey. In 1944, while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron, he disappeared over the Mediterranean.

In 1974 a fantasy-musical film adaptation was made of this little book where the words of the pilot were used for some of the music. The actor Richard Kiley (he created the role of the Man from LaMancha) was the pilot. Library sites that carry video have the film to stream.