Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince is a classic children’s book. Though the book has been translated into Spanish, an Argentine publishing company wanted to take it a step further: It wanted a version that embraced gender-neutral language. While some have welcomed the change, others say the company has messed with an iconic piece of literature.

Published by Ethos Traductora, the book uses gender-neutral language. Since Spanish prioritizes masculine pronouns, people have started using words that is more inclusive of gender non conforming individuals (i.e. Latinx instead of Latinos to address a group of people with Latin American heritage). However, the book doesn’t use the X and instead uses an E (for example, todes instead of todas or todos, and les instead of los or las).

“Given the characters of the text (with a reader who is addressed in affective and plain language), we decide to opt for the ‘e’ as a marker of non-sexist language, since it can be read aloud,” said Gabriela Villalba, the director of Ethos, to BioBioChile.

#ElPrincipito ya es el mejor libro en su categoría, modificarlo con el lenguaje 'inclusivo' es una ofensa para el autor. Las personas brillantes no deberían reescribir libros, sino crearlos

— Nestora (@Nstorapasalagua) October 25, 2018

Y así dicen que la ideología de género no “impone”: Editorial lanza versión no sexista de "El Principito": han recibido hostigamientos de antifeministas https://t.co/FryMjqnpdb

— Florencia Ruiz-E (@FlorenciaRE) October 25, 2018

There’s an additional version of The Little Prince called La Principesa, published by Spain’s Espejos Literarios, which has also caused commotion online.

¡Ya podéis encontrar #LaPrincipesa en la librería @Noski_liburuden, junto con otras ediciones de #ElPrincipito! Echad además un vistazo a todas sus novedades de #octubre. #errenteria #guipuzcoa #espejosliterarios pic.twitter.com/nH06YITzfg

— Espejos Literarios (@espejoliterario) October 23, 2018