{"product_id":"victoria-paperback","title":"Victoria - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKnut Hamsun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Nobel Prize winner's poetic, psychologically intense portrayal of love's predicament in a class-bound society\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in a coastal village of late nineteenth-century Norway, \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003efollows two lovers whose yearnings are as powerful as the circumstances that conspire to thwart their romance. Johannes, a miller's son turned poet, finds inspiration for his writing in his passionate devotion to Victoria, a daughter of the impoverished lord of the manor, who feels constrained by family loyalty to accept the wealthy young man of her father's choice. Separated by class barriers and social pressure, the fated duo hurt and enthrall each other by turns as they move toward an emotional doom that neither will recognize until it is too late. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnut Hamsun\u003c\/b\u003e (1858-1952) was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright hailed by many as one of the founders of modern literature. Born to a poor peasant family in central Norway, he worked as a schoolmaster, sheriff's assistant, laborer, store clerk, farmhand, and streetcar conductor in both Scandinavia and America before establishing himself as a successful playwright and novelist. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), was an immediate critical success; he went on to write the novels \u003ci\u003eMysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (1892), \u003ci\u003ePan \u003c\/i\u003e(1894), \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003e(1898), and \u003ci\u003eThe Growth of the Soil \u003c\/i\u003e(1917), the last of which earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSverre Lyngstad\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-2011; translator, introducer, notes) was a scholar and translator of Norwegian literature and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He translated five of Knut Hamsun's works for Penguin Classics--\u003ci\u003eHunger \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), \u003ci\u003eMysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (1892), \u003ci\u003ePan \u003c\/i\u003e(1894), \u003ci\u003eVictoria \u003c\/i\u003e(1898), and \u003ci\u003eThe Growth of the Soil \u003c\/i\u003e(1917)\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand was honored by the King of Norway with the St. Olav Medal and with the Knight's Cross, First Class, of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 7.8 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47226946388217,"sku":"9780143039372","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3BMF7XtU0t9780143039372.webp?v=1768273652","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/victoria-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}