Victoria (novel)
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 Title page for Victoria: A Love Story (1923 edition) | |
| Author | Knut Hamsun |
|---|---|
| Language | Norwegian |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Published | 1898 |
| Publication place | Norway |
Victoria (Norwegian: Victoria. En kjærlighedshistorie, 1898) is a novel by Knut Hamsun.[1]
The story is about Johannes, the son of a miller, who falls in love with Victoria, the daughter of a rich landowner. The novel follows their lives as they grow up. Johannes struggles with class differences and later becomes a successful writer. Victoria, because of her family’s money problems, is forced to marry Otto, a lieutenant.
A lyrical excursion into unconsummated love, love that is described memorably as Blood and Blossoms.[2]
Hamsun later named his daughter "Victoria", after the novel.
