Victoria (novel)
 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]
Overview
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.
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 Müller
- Victoria, a 1979 Swedish-German co-production directed by Bo Widerberg
- Victoria or Viktoriya, a 1988 Soviet film directed by Olgerts Dunkers
- 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.
