by Knut Hamsun · Souvenir Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780285647596
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Victoria is a novel by Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, published in 1898. The story follows Johannes, the son of a miller, and his love for Victoria, a young woman from the aristocracy. Despite their deep affection, social barriers and family pressures prevent them from being together, leading them to a tragic fate. The novel explores themes of love, social class, and the consequences of lost opportunities, all framed in a 19th-century Norwegian coastal setting.
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective and environment. He published more than 23 novels, a collection of poetry, some short stories and plays, a travelogue, works of non-fiction and some essays.
