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 <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Jules_Verne_Translations#L.27.C3.89toile_du_Sud">this</a> 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 [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 <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Jules_Verne_Translations#L.27.C3.89toile_du_Sud">this</a> 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]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	Pages	Format	Type
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
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
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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