Victoria (, 1898) is a novel by Knut Hamsun. Overview 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. Hamsun later named his daughter "Victoria", after the novel. Adaptations Victoria or Viktoriya, a 1917 Russian silent film directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya Victoria, a 1935 German film directed by Carl Hoffmann Viktoria, a 1957 West German TV movie directed by Frank Lothar, starring Elisabeth Müller Victoria, a 1979 Swedish-German co-production directed by Bo Widerberg or Viktoriya, a 1988 Soviet film directed by Olgerts Dunkers Victoria, a 2013 Norwegian film directed by Torun Lian References Novels by Knut Hamsun 1898 Norwegian novels Novels set in Norway Norwegian novels adapted into films