The novel has been hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century and an outstanding example of modern, psychologydriven literature. Born to a poor peasant family in central norway, he worked as a schoolmaster, sheriffs assistant, laborer, store clerk, farmhand, and streetcar conductor in both scandinavia and america before establishing himself as a successful playwright and novelist. Download m4b 187mb download cover art download cd case insert. Since the death of ibsen and strindberg, hamsun is undoubtedly the. There will be no polemics in it, just people under different skies. You can read this ebook on any device that supports drmfree epub or drmfree pdf format. Mar 28, 2011 knut hamsun 1859 1952 was a norwegian author and winner of the nobel prize in literature whose bestknown worsk include hunger, pan, and growth of the soil. Victoria became a great commercial success for hamsun. It helped me to connect to the land in a deeper way, and being in situ, so to speak, made the book become more alive to me. Publication date 1923 topics cdak collection digitallibraryindia. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are. But i own a copy of this book, the flyleaf of which bears the following inscription in the authors autograph. Pdf victoria by knut hamsun download pdf free ebook.
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The first edition of the novel was published in 1890, and was written by knut hamsun. Mysteries1892 is the story of johan nilsen nagel, a mysterious stranger who suddenly turns up in a small norwegian town one summerand. This is one of knut hamsun s shorter novels but as with his other books there is so much in it, a story of young love, seperated by class and circumstances, interwoven with hamsun s qualities as an outstanding writer. Growth of the soil knut hamsun audiobook and ebook all. I read it in my midteens, in the full flood of my most romantic period. Knut hamsun 18581952 was a norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright hailed by many as one of the founders of modern literature. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language eworkbooks as you want during the free trial and its all yours to keep even if you cancel during the free trial. In norway, it is his bestknown and bestloved book, and for a long period it was considered an appropriate confirmation present. First published in 1890 hunger is regarded as one of the major modernist novels, anticipating and influencing much fiction that was to follow, from joyce to kafka to camus and kelman. Virtually without formal education, in his youth he led a wandering life, and on his second visit to the united states 188688 worked as a streetcar conductor, lecturer, peddler, clerk. The norwegian writer knut hamsun specialised in the latter. In victoria, knut hamsun has fashioned a lovers idyll which is both deceptively simple and as complex as the workings of the human psyche.
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