Timeless Antoine de Saint-Exupéry the wonderful texts. Having these texts in an edition like the Pleiades is a real pleasure when the quality of the book adds to the beauty of the texts. The preface to Michel and Michel Quesnel Autrand allows us to understand a complex personality can best Saint-Exupéry and brings us a first guide in understanding his writings. If the Pleiades actually has the reputation of bringing a profusion of notes, comments and analysis, the fact of having them in their great majority deferred to the end of the book, leaves the field open to the text of author, to our delight.