Victoria (novel)
Author | Knut Hamsun |
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Country | Norway |
Language | Norwegian |
Genre | Fiction |
Published | 1898 |
Victoria (Norwegian: Victoria. En kjærlighedshistorie, 1898) is a novel by Knut Hamsun.[1]
Overview[]
A miller's son, Johannes, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner, Victoria. The novel follows them through adolescence, as Johannes struggles with the social hierarchy and becomes a successful author, and Victoria is forced into marrying Otto, a lieutenant, to save the troubled family economy.
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.
Adaptations[]
- or Viktoriya, a 1917 Russian silent film directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya
- Victoria, a 1935 German film directed by Carl Hoffmann
- , a 1957 West German TV movie directed by , starring Elisabeth Müller
- Victoria, a 1979 Swedish-German co-production directed by Bo Widerberg
- Olgerts Dunkers or Viktoriya, a 1988 Soviet film directed by
- Victoria, a 2013 Norwegian film directed by Torun Lian
References[]
- ^ Gibbs, Walter (February 27, 2009). "Norwegian Nobel Laureate, Once Shunned, Is Now Celebrated". The New York Times.
- ^ Enright, DJ (February 24, 1972), "Blood and Blossoms", The New York Review of Books.
Categories:
- Novels by Knut Hamsun
- 1898 novels
- Novels set in Norway
- Norwegian novels adapted into films
- 1890s novel stubs