Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
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"Growth of the Soil" by Knut Hamsun is a novel published in 1917 that won him the Nobel Prize in Literature. It follows Isak, a Norwegian man who settles on remote land and builds a farm from nothing. As his family grows and prospers through hard work, they face challenges from both nature and encroaching modernity. The story explores themes of primitive agrarian life, the bond between humans and land, and the
tensions that arise when traditional rural existence confronts progress and civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander), 1882-1929 |
| Uniform Title | Markens grøde. English |
| Title | Growth of the Soil |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_the_Soil |
| Credits | Produced by Kevin Handy, Dave Maddock, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 89.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Norway -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 10984 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-10984-8 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 955 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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