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Looking for a way to fill the last days of the Winter holidays? If you find yourself needing a moment away from loved ones, or staring down a plane or train ride, we suggest using your transit time to revisit Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's short and bittersweet classic: Le Petit Prince.
Barely shy of 100 pages, this concise, illustrated tale has short but impactful lessons for adults and children alike, and the story behind the novel is just as fascinating. A French pilot, stranded in the United States, writing a book likely inspired by his personal plane crash and stormy love life? That makes more than a long-weekend's worth of searches and long reads, beginning with this NPR podcast and transcript: "Before He Fell To Earth, 'The Little Prince' Was Born In N.Y."
Annnddd, if you happen to find yourself in New York City this week, we suggest you stroll through the The Morgan Library & Museum to see the original Petit Prince manuscript along with Saint-Ex's doodles, notes and personal effects. Find tickets here.

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