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Recommended fantasy books (14)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into fantasy here are some fantasy books from France for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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O pequeno príncipe by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry PT

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Publicado pela primeira vez em 1942 nos Estados Unidos e, três anos mais tarde, na França, O pequeno príncipe tornou-se obra de apelo universal, um clássico moderno traduzido para mais de oitenta idiomas. Suas páginas abrigam valiosas lições sobre a solidão, a amizade, o tempo, a vida e a morte, compartilhadas conosco por meio do pequeno habitante do asteroide B 612. Apesar de escrito e narrado por um adulto, O pequeno príncipe se dirige, desde suas primeiras linhas, às crianças. É, na verdade, uma ode à infância, uma delicada viagem a esse planeta que aos poucos abandonamos, vivendo em prol d... continue

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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry EN

Rating: 4 (247 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
The Little Prince and nbsp;(French: and nbsp;Le Petit Prince) is a and nbsp;novella and nbsp;by French aristocrat, writer, and aviator and nbsp;Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in English and French in the US by and nbsp;Reynal and amp; Hitchcock and nbsp;in April 1943, and posthumously in France following the and nbsp;liberation of France and nbsp;as Saint-Exupéry's works had been banned by the and nbsp;Vichy Regime. The story follows a young prince who visits various planets in space, including Earth, and addresses themes of loneliness, friendship, love, and loss. Despite its... continue

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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, The Mysterious Island is a masterpiece of the action-adventure genre, with a heaping dash of science fiction influence thrown in for good measure.