The Fox, at first, is “very afraid of the Little Prince. It’s very primal, ‘you are a danger to me.’ He has apprehension ...

Consuelo’s arrival from France motivated Saint-Exupéry to finish a fable of his own – the quasi-autobiographical Little Prince – and develop its theme of the rose (a character inspired by his wife).

A new edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s “The Little Prince,” with each of its 27 chapters written in a different language, has proven a surprise hit, entering its second print run soon ...