Le Petit Prince

By: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Narrated by: Bernard Giraudeau

Length: 1 hr and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

"Le premier soir, je me suis donc endormi sur le sable à mille milles de toute terre habitée. J'étais bien plus isolé qu'un naufragé sur un radeau au milieu de l'océan. Alors, vous imaginez ma surprise, au lever du jour, quand une drôle de petite voix m'a réveillé. Elle disait : "S'il vous plaît... dessine-moi un mouton !" J'ai bien regardé. Et j'ai vu ce petit bonhomme tout à fait extraordinaire qui me considérait gravement..."

©1946 Éditions Gallimard (P)2006 Gallimard Jeunesse

Perfect pace and mood

Learning French? Brushing up your French? Bernard giraudeau is a wonderful reader, both pronunciation and mellow voice quality, a sort of settle down and enjoy voice.

Magique / Magic

My very favorite thing to listen to when I was little: my 33 of Le Petit Prince read by the prominent theater actors such as Jean Dessailly, Suzanne Flon of yesteryears. This gift from my grandparents kept on giving so beautiful the spell this album casted. I became so attached to the story and the feeling emanating from it, that I always had a copy regardless of the various geographic moves.
As soon as I became a mother 16 year ago, finding an audible book to pass on the Magic I so celebrated to my son became a quest. Each time major disappointment.
FINALLY : here it is: I already fell into the spell of the beautiful diction and tone of Bernard Giraudeau a prolific actor both on stage and screens at my first listen of the previewing sample.
Do yourself a favor, stop everything, find your cozy spot and let yourself be transported.
Beautiful Fable Beautifully 'Acted'
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Ayant été élevée en écoutant régulièrement le 33T du Petit Prince lu par Jean Dessailly et Suzanne Flon, monstres de théâtre et du cinéma des années passées, une fois mère et vivant aux US je suis partie en mission: trouver une version numérique qui soit aussi ensorcelante.
ENFIN j'ai trouvé et suis tombée sous la diction, la voix posée et animée à la fois de Bernard Giraudeau, acteur fort apprécié par le monde cinéma et théatre français..
Vite choisissez votre petit coin le plus comfortable et laissez vous être envouter par la cadence de ce texte magnifique.

My favorite book

Le petit prince est mon livre préféré, ecrit comme un livre pour enfants mais destiné aux adultes en réalité. La narration de cet audiobook est absolument magnifique. Merci pour ce moment.

Une demande qui est venu vrai

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, One because this book is wonderful, and two, every student of french want to read (and now we can listen too) The Little Prince on french.

What other book might you compare Le Petit Prince to and why?

Well, on my opinion, The Little Prince is a kind of book you can compare to others.

Which scene was your favorite?

I love this book, but the end is special fo me yet.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, and it is little too. So, I could listen in one sitting.

Any additional comments?

This french version is a present of Audible for us.

un étudiant de frances

J'ai acheté cet audiobook pour essayer de comprandre la langue, cependant je le ecoute tre souvant. Je ne peut pas judger bien si j'avancé trop par moi même, mai je pense qu'en le ecoutant je suis avancé bien sure.

Must read

Very nice book, a must read for everyone. It makes you think about what’s important in life

remember yourself, recuerda quien eres!

voice is great it fits the story . my favorito book from when i was a child, it allows me to find myself over and over again

Audio book of "Le petit prince" Francais it was nice to listen and to try to learn more of french words,got increased vocabular

Excellent jon done . Thank you.
S very big job done bu the author of this audio book. i will recommend it to my friends too. Regards. Henrikas

Wonderful narration!

Bernard Giraudeau's narration has entirely captured my imagination and brought the story of the Little Prince to life. I will definitely listen through again and again!

Comparing Bernard Giraudeau and Félix Radu

The French publisher of Le petit prince, Gallimard, offers two recordings. Bernard Giraudeau, in France a well-known film actor who also recorded the French translations of the Harry Potter books, passed away in 2010. I believe that his performance was recorded in 2006.

In 2022, Gallimard released a new recording by Félix Radu, 27, an up-and-coming writer and actor working in his native Belgium and France. I like both performances, but they come across differently.

Giraudeau is somewhat more theatrical. He skips de Saint-Exupéry’s dedication to his friend Léon Werth, going straight to Chapter 1. Music is used to mark new chapters and to support events in the story. Giraudeau also adopts more markedly different voices for each character.

Radu’s reading puts de Saint-Exupéry’s words first. He starts with the dedication, which I think is important, framing the whole book. There’s no musical embellishment, just his voice. His delivery changes with the character, but more subtly. You can get a sense of his style from the many clips on YouTube of his work, and from his own YouTube channel.

Both recordings are of excellent quality. Radu and Giraudeau both speak clearly. For people who are interested in the backgrounds of the actors, Wikipedia has an entry for each. Radu also has a personal website.