Description

A beautifully curated literary gift set presented in a handcrafted mulberry paper storage box with a coconut button and cord closure.

This special edition includes:

• Wordsworth Collector’s Edition of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• The Little Prince Notebook
• The Little Prince Pen
• Handcrafted Custom Bookmark
• Sustainable Pencil
• Wooden Card/Mobile Phone Holder
• Handcrafted Garland
• Premium Envelope (with a blank card for your personal message)
• Three Handcrafted Cards:
1. Quote Card
2. Reflection Card
3. Author’s Portrait Card

Choose one of the following Wooden Card/Mobile Phone Holders designs:

Option 1
• Adorned with silk-cocoon flowers
Option 2
• Featuring an integrated pencil slot

Please note: The gift bag is not included and must be ordered separately. It can be found in the Bags section under Stationery & Gifts.

About the Book

The Little Prince is a modern fable, and for readers far and wide both the title and the work have exerted a pull far in excess of the book’s brevity. Written and published first by Antoine de St-Exupéry in 1943, only a year before his plane disappeared on a reconnaissance flight, it is one of the world’s most widely translated books, enjoyed by adults and children alike. In the meeting of the narrator who has ditched his plane in the Sahara desert, and the little prince, who has dropped there through time and space from his tiny asteroid, comes an intersection of two worlds, the one governed by the laws of nature, and the other determined only by the limits of imagination. The world of the imagination wins hands down, with the concerns of the adult world often shown to be lamentably silly as seen through the eyes of the little prince. While adult readers can find deep meanings in his various encounters, they can also be charmed back to childhood by this wise but innocent infant.

This popular translation contains the author’s own delightful illustrations, bringing to visual life the small being at the tale’s heart, and a world of fantasy far removed from any quotidian reality. It is also a sort of love story, in which two frail beings, the downed pilot and the wandering infant-prince who has left behind all he knows, share their short time together isolated from humanity and finding sustenance in each other. This is a book which creates a unique relationship with each reader, whether child or adult.

About the Collector’s Editions: These new compact hardbacks are cloth-bound, with matching coloured end papers, embossed gold and coloured blocking to enhance their beautiful, bespoke cover illustrations.