| Victoria | |
| Author: | Knut Hamsun |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Published: | 1898 |
| Country: | Norway |
| Language: | Norwegian |
Victoria (1898) is a novel by Knut Hamsun.[1]
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.[2]
Hamsun later named his daughter "Victoria", after the novel.