The Life and Exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel

"Growth of the Soil" is a novel by Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. The novel was written in the popular style of Norwegian new realism, a movement dominating the early 20th century. It exemplified Hamsun's aversion to modernity and inclination towards primitivism and the agrarian lifestyle. "Growth of the Soil" portrays the main protagonist, Isak, and his family as...