Victoria (, 1898) is a novel by Knut Hamsun.
The story is about Johannes, the son of a miller, who falls in love with Victoria, the daughter of a rich landowner. The novel follows their lives as they grow up. Johannes struggles with class differences and later becomes a successful writer. Victoria, because of her familyâÂÂs money problems, is forced to marry Otto, a lieutenant.
A lyrical excursion into unconsummated love, love that is described memorably as Blood and Blossoms.
Hamsun later named his daughter "Victoria", after the novel.