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Victoria (Penguin Classics) by Knut Hamsun
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Victoria (Penguin Classics) (original 1898; edition 2005)

by Knut Hamsun, Sverre Lyngstad (Translator)

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Forced by circumstances into perverse cruelty to one another, Johannes & Victoria live their lives apart until, in the last tragic pages, we see that Victoria cannot live without her Johannes.
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Title:Victoria (Penguin Classics)
Authors:Knut Hamsun
Other authors:Sverre Lyngstad (Translator)
Info:Penguin Classics (2005), Edition: Tra, Paperback, 112 pages
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Victoria by Knut Hamsun (1898)

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While this is only 82 pages, I didn't find this a quick read. It's not difficult or anything, just a little slow compared to Hunger. Took me awhile to get into the story. ( )
  Ghost_Boy | Aug 25, 2022 |
Victoria is fine, but Knut Hamsun in his early career was at his best when writing from emotional extremes, and while there are a few of those in Victoria, this is mostly just a regular old sad story. It is of course Hamsun, so the writing is great, but I'd read all his other stuff first. ( )
  bgramman | May 9, 2020 |
Full of emotions and tender words the books started to overwhelm me with its strong romantic sense after twenty pages. And it goes on and on till it ends, too much even for a classic piece. Maybe European impressionism is not really for me!
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  GazelleS | May 11, 2016 |
The story was just okay and though I can't complain about the writing, having not read it in its originally written language, I did not take to the translation done by Sverre Lyngstad. There was a sort of insincerity that came off while I was reading, however, to be fair, since this is the first time I've read Hamsun, what I did not like could just as well have been Hamsun's style, which the translator tried to capture or did capture. Anyway, I didn’t like it, but to my surprise, now and then it seemed something shone through the writing that drew me in to continue to read. Something about Hamsun's characters, their helplessness in the face of their self-made societal restraints upon their natural human selves - the essence of that comes through in slight glimmers of light.

I would read Hamsun again, though I think I'll try a different translator the next time just to see if it's translation or Hamsun writing itself that didn't appeal to me.
  s.kaosar | Jan 14, 2011 |
This is like an inferior version of Pan. Thankfully, it's short. And probably it's better than I give it credit for--but it's just hard not to compare it to his other masterpieces. This story of unrequited love doesn't say anything about obsession, delirium, or irrationality that Pan doesn't say much better and with much more humor. It does, however, touch on some class issues, but that in itself makes me want to yawn a great big yawn. ( )
  JimmyChanga | Aug 22, 2010 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Hamsun, Knutprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Angermann, SophieTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Bakker, G.P.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lyngstad, SverreTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Mann, MathildaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Munch, EdvardCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Polet, CoraTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sandmeier, JuliusTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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