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''[[Sophie's World]]'' (Norwegian: 'Sofies verden') is a novel by [[Jostein Gaarder]] about a Norwegian girl, Sophie Amundsen, who one day starts receiving letters with philosophy lessons from a mysterious stranger. Together they explore the entire history of philosophy, and find out more about who they are themselves. It is [[Better Than It Sounds|a lot less dry than it sounds]], thanks to the personality of Sophie and a big twist near the end.
The story is full of mysteries. Who is Alberto Knox, the philosophy teacher? Why would a UN major send his daughter Hilde postcards by way of Sophie, who doesn't know either of them? How do Hilde's scarf and other objects find their way into Sophie's world?
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[[Spiritualized]]'s [[Magnum Opus]] ''Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space'' is named after a line from it.
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* [[Arc Words]]: "Happy birthday, Hilde!"
* [[Conversational Troping]]: Sophie and Alberto talk about almost all the [[Philosophy Tropes]] on the list. They also talk about some [[Psychology Tropes]].
* [[Fake Crossover]]: Late in the story, all kinds of famous fictional characters, including [[Alice in Wonderland|Alice Liddell]] and [[Winnie the Pooh]], show up for brief cameos. This is, however, after Sophie {{spoiler|has discovered that she herself is a fictional character, and now her author is just messing around and throwing all kinds of surreal stuff into the story,}} so it can hardly be said to be canon for any of the other characters.
** Still, the ending reveals that {{spoiler|all fictional characters are, in a sense, real, and can and do meet each other outside their stories, so the "fake" part might get a little blurry there.}}
* [[Framing Device]]:
* [[Gainax Ending]]: Your head will be ''spinning''.
* [[Hand Wave]]: "A bagatelle, Sophie."
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* [[Meta Fiction]]
* [[Mind Screw]]: The book can drift into this occasionally.
* [[Leaning
* {{spoiler|[[Nested Story Reveal]]}}
* [[Nice Hat]]: Alberto
* [[Recursive Reality]]:
* [[Show Within a Show]]:
* [[Significant Birth Date]]: June the fifteenth, which is both Sophie and Hilde's birthday.
* [[Trash the Set]]: A literalute example happens in {{spoiler|the last chapter of Sophie's "world" (i.e., the one made up by the major)}}.
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