Sophie's World

Norwegian is the true first (Aschehoug, Oslo, 1991). The census claim that Phoenix House, London, 1994 precedes FSG is WRONG on both counts: the Phoenix House edition is 1995, not 1994, and it followed the American edition. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1994 is the first in English — the UK dealer describing the Phoenix House first states outright that the translation was initially published in the USA by FSG, and trade ISBN records date the FSG hardcover to September 1994. Both the Oslo 1991 and the New York 1994 are collected; the London 1995 Phoenix House is the British first, not the first in English.