Title: L'Étoile du Sud

Title: L'Étoile du Sud Title Record # 7409
Authors: A. Laurie and Jules Verne
Date: 1884-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Voyages extraordinaires
Series Number: 25
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: French

Note: Written by Verne based on a manuscript by "A. Laurie" (Paschal Grousset). Originally serialized in Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation titled as "L'Étoile du Sud", sub-titled "Le pays des diamants" and illustrated by L. Benett. Appeared from 1 Jan, 1884 (issue #457) to 15 Dec, 1884 (issue #480). Information based on semi-annual bound volumes of Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation (39-40), dates sourced from this site. For information on identifying Jules Verne translations, please see this wiki page.

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Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1884	L'Étoile du Sud: Le Pays des diamants [as by Jules Verne]
1922	L'Étoile du Sud [as by Jules Verne]

Year	Language	Title
1884^ⓘTranslated by Almeida D'Eça	Portuguese	A estrella do Sul [as by Julio Verne]
1884^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This title contains publications where the translation (as well as the translator) is unknown. Please see this wiki page for more information on known translations.	Italian	La Stella del Sud [as by A. Laurie and Giulio Verne]
1885^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This translation begins: ""Speak on, sir. I am listening." "Sir, I have the honor of asking you for the hand of your daughter, Miss Watkins!" "The hand of Alice?" "Yes, sir. My request seems to surprise you, but you will excuse me if I say that I am at a loss to understand why it should appear extraordinary. I am twenty-six years old, my name is Cyprien Mere. I am a mining engineer, having graduated from the Polytechnic School, second in my class; my family is honorable, and respected, if they are not rich.""	English	The Southern Star, or, The Diamond Land [as by Jules Verne]
1885^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This translation begins: ""Go on; I am listening." "I have the honour to ask you for your daughter's hand." "Alice?" "Yes. My request seems to surprise you. Perhaps you will forgive me if I have some difficulty understanding why it appears so strange. I am twenty-six years old; my name is Victor Cyprien; I am a mining engineer, and left the Polytechnic as second on the list. My family is honest and respected, if it is not rich.""	English	The Vanished Diamond: A Tale of South Africa [as by Jules Verne]
1911^ⓘTranslated by an anonymous hand. This translation begins: ""Go on; I am listening." "I have the honour to ask you for your daughter's hand." "Alice?" "Yes. My request seems to surprise you. Perhaps you will forgive me if I have some difficulty understanding why it appears so strange. I am twenty-six years old; my name is Victor Cyprien; I am a mining engineer, and left the Polytechnic as second on the list. My family is honest and respected, if it is not rich.""	English	The Star of the South or The Vanished Diamond [as by Jules Verne]
1966^ⓘTranslated by an anonymous hand first published by Sampson Low in 1889, abridged and edited by I. O. Evans. The abridged text unknown.	English	Southern Star Mystery [as by Jules Verne]
1984	German	Der Südstern oder das Land der Diamanten^?Der Suedstern oder das Land der Diamanten [as by Jules Verne]
2002^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This title contains publications where the translation (as well as the translator) is unknown. Please see this wiki page for more information on known translations.	English	The Vanished Diamond: The Star of the South [as by Jules Verne]
2003^ⓘTranslated by Stephen Gray. This translation begins: ""Keep talking, young man. I'm listening." "Sir, I have the honour of asking for the hand of Miss Watkins, your daughter." "The hand of Alice..." "Yes, sir. My request seems to have taken you by surprise. But please excuse me if I don't grasp why you could find it so daring. I am twenty-six. I am called Cyprien Méré. I am a mining engineer and I left the Polytechnic second in my year. My family is honourable and much respected, even though we aren't rich.""	English	Star of the South [as by Jules Verne]

Year	Language	Title
1885^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand. This translation begins: ""Speak on, sir. I am listening." "Sir, I have the honor of asking you for the hand of your daughter, Miss Watkins!" "The hand of Alice?" "Yes, sir. My request seems to surprise you, but you will excuse me if I say that I am at a loss to understand why it should appear extraordinary. I am twenty-six years old, my name is Cyprien Mere. I am a mining engineer, having graduated from the Polytechnic School, second in my class; my family is honorable, and respected, if they are not rich.""	English	The Southern Star, or The Diamond Land (Complete Novel) [as by Jules Verne]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
A estrella do Sul	1884-00-00	Julio Verne	Tipografia das Horas Românticas			322	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
L'Étoile du Sud: Le Pays des diamants	1884-11-06	Jules Verne	J. Hetzel (Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation)			336+ 36	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
L'Étoile du Sud: Le Pays des diamants	1884-11-13	Jules Verne	J. Hetzel (Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation)			242	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
L'Étoile du Sud: Le Pays des diamants / L'Archipel en feu	1884-11-13	Jules Verne	J. Hetzel (Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation)			144+ 204	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Southern Star, or, The Diamond Land	1885-03-14	Jules Verne	George Munro (Seaside Library Pocket Edition #368)		$0.20^?$: US dollar	137	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Seaside Library, No. 1967	1885-03-21	ed. Editors of The Seaside Library	George Munro		$0.20^?$: US dollar	37	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
The Vanished Diamond: A Tale of South Africa	1885-10-00	Jules Verne	Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington		7/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	263+ 32	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
La Stella del Sud	1903-00-00	A. Laurie, Giulio Verne	Paulo Carrara			314	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
Works of Jules Verne 13	1911-00-00	Jules Verne	Vincent Parke and Co. (Edition d'Amiens)			vii+ 413	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
L'Étoile du Sud	1953-08-00	Jules Verne	Hachette ( Bibliothèque Verte^?Bibliotheque Verte )			256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Southern Star Mystery	1966-00-00	Jules Verne	Arco Publishing (The Fitzroy Edition of Jules Verne)		15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Southern Star Mystery	1966-00-00	Jules Verne	Associated Booksellers (The Fitzroy Edition of Jules Verne)		$2.75^?$: US dollar	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Südstern oder das Land der Diamanten	1984-00-00	Jules Verne	Pawlak (Collection Jules Verne #46)	3-8224-1046-2 / 5-1046	DM 2.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	220	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Léon Benett
The Vanished Diamond: The Star of the South	2002-12-17	Jules Verne	Fredonia Books	1-4101-0090-1	$22.95^?$: US dollar	272	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Star of the South	2003-01-31	Jules Verne	Protea Boekhuis	1-86919-022-X		252	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
L'Étoile du Sud / L'archipel en feu	date unknown	Jules Verne	Hachette (Collection Hetzel)			242+ 198	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni

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