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Wikipedia article
'Victoria' (, 1898) is a novel by Knut Hamsun.
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..
Hamsun later named his daughter "Victoria", after the novel.
Adaptations
* 'Victoria' or 'Viktoriya', a 1917 Russian silent film directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya
* 'Victoria', a 1935 German film directed by Carl Hoffmann
* 'Viktoria', a 1957 West German TV movie directed by Frank Lothar, starring Elisabeth Mller
* 'Victoria', a 1979 Swedish-German co-production directed by Bo Widerberg
* or 'Viktoriya', a 1988 Soviet film directed by Olgerts Dunkers
* 'Victoria', a 2013 Norwegian film directed by Torun Lian
References
Category:Novels by Knut Hamsun
Category:1898 novels
Category:Novels set in Norway
Category:Norwegian novels adapted into films
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