Classic & Older Gothic

Sophie’s World

by Jostein Gaarder

A mysterious philosophy tutor named Alberto Knox begins sending letters to fourteen-year-old Sophie, launching her on a whirlwind journey through Western philosophy's greatest thinkers. As Sophie learns about Socrates, Descartes, and Kant, reality itself begins to bend in unexpected ways. An ingenious novel that makes philosophy accessible while weaving it into a mind-bending mystery about existence and identity.

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