An edition of Sofies verden (1991)

Sophie's world

a novel about the history of philosophy

Berkley ed.
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An edition of Sofies verden (1991)

Sophie's world

a novel about the history of philosophy

Berkley ed.
  • 3.9 (34 ratings) ·
  • 93 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 42 Have read

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print.

One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning―but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

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Publisher
Berkley Books, Berkley
Language
English
Pages
523

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Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (Fsg Classics)
March 20, 2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
Cover of: Sophie's world
Sophie's world: a novel about the history of philosophy
2002, Berkley Books, Berkley
in English - Berkley ed.
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Sophie's World
August 11, 1997, Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: Sophie's World
Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
March 1, 1996, Berkley Books
Paperback in English - Signature edition
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Sophie's world: the Greek philosophers
1996, Phoenix
in English - Abridged ed.
Cover of: Sophie's World
Sophie's World
March 4, 1996, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Paperback - New Ed edition
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Sophie's World
April 3, 1995, Phoenix/Orion Books Ltd
Paperback in English - Open Market Ed edition
Cover of: Sufei de shi jie
Sufei de shi jie
1995, Zhi ku gu fen you xian gong si
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: Sophie's world
Sophie's world: a novel about the history of philosophy
1994, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Sofies verden
Sofies verden: roman om filosofiens historie
1991, Aschehoug
in Norwegian - 3. oppl.

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Edition Notes

Originally published in English: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, c1994.

Includes index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PT8951.17.A17 S6413 2002, CPB Box no. 338 vol. 3

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 523 p. ;
Number of pages
523

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22379155M
Internet Archive
sophiesworldnove00gaarrich
ISBN 10
0425152251
ISBN 13
9780425152256
LCCN
97812796
Library Thing
5999603
Goodreads
324974

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