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Southern Star (other)
Southern Star may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''The Vanished Diamond'', also translated as ''The Southern Star'' (French: L'Étoile du sud), an 1884 novel by Jules Verne and Paschal Grousset **The Southern Star (film), ''The Southern Star'', a 1969 comedy crime film directed by Sidney Hayers, based on the Jules Verne novel *Southern Star (album), ''Southern Star'' (album), a 1989 album by Alabama **Southern Star (song), "Southern Star" (song), a song for the album *Southern Star (Brent Cobb album), ''Southern Star'' (Brent Cobb album), 2023 Companies Australia *Southern Star Group (formerly Southern Star Productions), a television producer and distributor *Endemol Southern Star, a joint venture between Southern Star Group and Endemol New Zealand *Southern Star (radio) South Sudan *Southern Star Airlines United States *Southern Star Amusement *Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline *Southern Star Concrete *Southern Star Brewing Company Newspapers *The Southern Star (Alab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vanished Diamond
''The Vanished Diamond'', also translated as ''The Southern Star'' (french: L'Étoile du sud, lit. ''The Star of the South''), is an 1884 French novel credited to Jules Verne, based on an uncredited manuscript by Paschal Grousset. Setting This novel takes place in South Africa amongst the diamond fields in the district of Griqualand. Most of the land is owned by a fictitious wealthy miner, Mr. John Watkins. A shanty town filled with miners has sprung up, all with the hope to get rich. The main area of diamond mining is the Vandergaart Kopje. Synopsis The protagonist is a French mining engineer, Victor Cyprien (in the original French version: Cyprien Méré). He moves to the Griqualand district to study the formation of diamonds. While he is there he falls in love with wealthy landowner Mr. John Watkins' daughter, Alice. He asks him for her hand in marriage but is denied on his lack of money and stature in the community. He decides that he could amass a fortune by mining with a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |