The Little Prince & A Little Princess characters

Appears from the start

An aviator who tells of his childhood fascination with drawing and of the adults who failed to understand it. Years later, a mechanical failure leaves him alone in the Sahara with limited water, where an unexpected young visitor asks him to draw a sheep.

First appears in chapter 2

A grave, persistent child who appears in the desert and asks the stranded aviator for a drawing of a sheep. He seems unconcerned by the emptiness around them and answers few direct questions, but his own remarks gradually suggest that he has come from somewhere very far away.

First appears in chapter 8

A beautiful and demanding flower who grows on the little prince's tiny home. She is proud of her appearance, asks for careful protection, and disguises her vulnerability behind contradictory claims that leave her devoted gardener unsure how to understand her.

First appears in chapter 10

The solitary ruler of the first small planet the little prince visits. Delighted to have a subject, he issues commands only when circumstances make obedience likely and insists that his authority extends over everything he can see.

First appears in chapter 17

A slender desert snake who speaks in riddles when the little prince reaches Earth. He claims that his bite can return even a powerful traveler to the place from which that traveler came.

First appears in chapter 21

A wild animal who asks the little prince to form a bond with him gradually, through patience and repeated meetings. He explains that such a bond makes two otherwise ordinary beings unique to one another and brings responsibility as well as happiness.

First appears in chapter 28

A clever, imaginative girl brought from India to Miss Minchin's London school by her affectionate father. Accustomed to comfort but more interested in stories and make-believe than display, Sara treats the poorer children and servants with the same courtesy she gives her classmates.

Also known as Ralph Crewe

First appears in chapter 28

Sara's young widowed father, an army officer who has raised her in India and is deeply attached to her. He brings her to school in London because he believes the climate and education will be better for her, sparing no expense for her comfort before their painful separation.

First appears in chapter 28

The proprietor of the London boarding school to which Captain Crewe entrusts Sara. She flatters wealthy parents and makes Sara the school's prized pupil, but her deference is commercial rather than affectionate, and she privately resents the child's composure and independence.

First appears in chapter 28

The school's oldest pupil and its acknowledged social leader. Jealous of the attention Sara receives, she treats the younger girl's accomplishments and popularity as threats to her own standing.

First appears in chapter 30

A timid, struggling pupil who finds lessons difficult and is frequently mocked for it. Sara's willingness to help without humiliating her quickly wins her trust and loyalty.

First appears in chapter 31

A very young pupil who has lost her mother and responds to distress with loud tantrums. Sara calms her by appealing to her imagination, after which Lottie attaches herself to Sara as an adopted older sister.

First appears in chapter 32

An underfed scullery maid at Miss Minchin's school, worked hard and treated as beneath notice. Sara discovers her resting in the nursery and offers kindness instead of punishment, beginning a friendship across the rigid boundary between pupil and servant.

First appears in chapter 37

A sick and troubled man newly arrived in the house beside the school. After a long search abroad, he has come to London burdened by guilt over a business venture with a dead friend and by his failure to find that friend's missing daughter.

First appears in chapter 37

Mr. Carrisford's solicitor and trusted friend, whose lively family Sara can see from the school attic. He continues the search for Captain Crewe's daughter while managing the practical affairs surrounding Carrisford's recovered fortune.

First appears in chapter 38

Mr. Carrisford's Indian servant, observant, agile, and curious about the poorly dressed girl living in the neighboring attic. From the roof and windows he can see conditions that are hidden from the comfortable rooms below.