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The Nobel Prize winner's poetic, psychologically intense portrayal of love's predicament in a class-bound society A Penguin Classic Set in a coastal village of late nineteenth-century Norway, Victoria follows two lovers whose yearnings are as powerful as the circumstances that... Read Full Overview

Knut Hamsun's "Victoria: A Love Story" is a poignant exploration of love's enduring power and its capacity to shape our lives. This classic of psychological fiction delves into the complexities of human relationships, portraying a love story marked by both intense passion... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Victoria is among Knut Hamsun's best-loved works--an incisive study of the coercive power of economic and social forces that is also renowned for its innovative and psychologically probing narrative techniques. Hamsun stages in riveting detail the ill-fated relationship between... Read Full Overview