Sophie's World

Sophie's World (Norwegian: Sofies verden) is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. It follows the events of Sophie Amundsen, a teenage girl living in Norway, and Alberto Knox, a middle-aged philosopher who introduces her to philosophical thinking and the history of philosophy.

Sophie's World was originally written in Norwegian and became a best seller in Norway. It won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1994. The English version of the novel was published in 1995, and the book was reported to be the best-selling book in the world in that year. By 2011 the novel had been translated into fifty-nine languages, with over forty million copies in print. It is one of the most commercially successful Norwegian novels outside of Norway, and has been adapted into a film and a PC game.

Plot summary

Sophie Amundsen (Sofie Amundsen in the Norwegian version) is a 14-year-old girl who lives in Norway in the year 1990.

The book begins with Sophie receiving two messages in her mailbox and a postcard addressed to Hilde Møller Knag. Afterwards, she receives a packet of papers, part of a course in philosophy.

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Sophie's World (film)

Sophie's World (Sofies verden) is a 1999 Norwegian drama–adventure film directed by Erik Gustavson and starring Silje Storstein as Sophie. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jostein Gaarder. Upon its release in 1999 it was the most expensive film to date in Norway.

It has since been released on DVD dubbed into German. An English-subtitled DVD was released in 2005 in the UK.

Cast

  • Silje Storstein as Sofie Amundsen / Hilde Møller Knag
  • Tomas von Brömssen as Alberto Knox
  • Andrine Sæther as Sofie's mother
  • Bjørn Floberg as Major Albert Knag
  • Hans Alfredson as Socrates
  • Nils Vogt as Lærer Jacobsen
  • Minken Fosheim as Hilde's mother
  • Edda Trandum Grjotheim as Jorunn
  • Arne Haakenaasen Dahl as Georg / Mischa / Giovanni
  • Sullivan Lloyd Nordrum as Jørgen
  • Kjersti Holmen as Fru Johnsen

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    External links

  • Sophie's World at AllMovie
  • Sophie's World at the Internet Movie Database
  • Sophie's World at Rotten Tomatoes
  • Film trailer on YouTube


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