Victoria (, 1898) is a novel by Knut Hamsun.
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..
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 or Viktoriya, a 1988 Soviet film directed by Olgerts Dunkers Victoria, a 2013 Norwegian film directed by Torun Lian
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